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