American Counsel on Headache
Education
Includes topical information on headaches and headache pain
management. Sections include: women and headaches; kids and
headaches; prevention; library & news; discussion groups;
and physician directory.
Arthritis Foundation
Clearinghouse for arthritis patients and healthcare professionals.
Extensive resources on arthritis and arthritis treatments
featured; links to ongoing arthritis research and current
news are also included.
National Headache Foundation
Features separate sections for patients and healthcare professionals.
Both sections contain links to clinical trials, membership
information, and headache-related information on the Web.
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Association (RSDA)
Includes general information about Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
(RSD), RSD Clinical Practice Guidelines, current news on RSD,
and RSDA-produced publications.
Pain Treatment
American Academy of Pain
Medicine (AAPM)
Organization for physicians practicing the specialty of pain
medicine. Contains links to membership information, continuing
education courses, AAPM publications and a pain medicine FAQ.
American Chronic Pain Association
Patient/caregiver support and advocacy organization. Features
an FAQ and a basic introduction on chronic pain management
as well as links to chronic pain resources (including health
conditions, medications, and helpful readings).
American Pain Society
(APS)
Multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical scientists,
practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others. Links to
the APS publications, organizational activites, and advocacy/policy
work are featured.
Partners Against
Pain Purdue Pharmaceuticals
Contains links to news reports, guides to pain management and
current research, including alternative therapies. Separate
sections for patients/caregivers, professionals and institutions
are provided.
StopPain.org Beth Israel Medical Center (NY) Provides overviews of pain and palliative medicine as well
as resources for both professionals and caregivers. Links to
educational programs, clinical trials and a calendar of events
are provided in the "Resource Center, Education, Research" section.
Palliative Care
American Academy of Hospice
and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
Organization of physicians and other medical professionals
specializing in palliative medicine. Links to the organization's
activities, publications and products is included as a directory
of palliative medicine fellowships and web resources.
American Board of Hospice
and Palliative Medicine (ABHPM)
Responsible for establishing the requirements for certification
and recertification in hospice and palliative medicine. ABHPM
creates and administers the certifying examination. Links to
examination schedules/requirements, hospice journals and website,
and a ABHPM directory of fellowships are provided.
Center to Advance Palliative
Care Mount Sinai School of Medicine/ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Resource for hospitals and health systems interested in developing
palliative care programs. Major areas of focus include special
studies, education, technical assistance, networking and information
resources.
End of Life/Palliative
Education Resource Center (EPERC) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/ Medical College of Wisconsin
Repository for educational materials and information about
end of life (EOL) issues. Links to EOL issue bibliographies,
training programs, meetings, funding and web resources is provided.
International Association
of Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
Provides links to an international directory of palliative
care associations, selected articles regarding ethical issues,
palliative care-related journals/publications, and a palliative
care manual produced by IAHPC.
NCCAM