American Academy of Physical Medicine
& Rehabilitation
The Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is the national
medical society representing more than 6,200 physicians who are specialists in
the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
American Chronic
Pain Association
The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) is a non-profit, tax
exempt organization with more than 800 chapters in the United States, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland and Russia. Their
purpose is to provide a support system for those suffering with chronic pain
through education and self-help group activities.
American Medical
Association
Founded more than 150 years ago, the AMA's strategic agenda remains
rooted in their historic commitment to standards, ethics, excellence in medical
education and practice, and advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and
the patients it serves.
American Pain
Foundation
The American
Pain Foundation is a nonprofit information resource and patient advocacy
organization serving people with pain. Their mission is to improve the quality
of life of people with pain by providing practical information for patients,
raising public awareness and understanding of pain, and advocating against
barriers to effective treatment.
American Pain
Society
The American
Pain Society is a multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical
scientists, practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others. The mission of
APS is to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional
practice.
American Pain
Society's Decade of Pain Control and Research
This site provides information about treatment,
the pain care bill of rights, finding support, voices of people in pain,
links, as well as well as clinical and research resources.
Cochrane
Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that aims
to help people make well informed decisions about healthcare by preparing,
maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the
effects of healthcare interventions.
Department of
Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care is dedicated to
providing comprehensive care of the highest quality in pain management and
palliative care, and advancing the educational and research aims of these disciplines.
MEDLINEplus Health Information
MEDLINEplus, a
gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the world's
largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National
Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with
a medical question.
NCS Assessment
NCS Assessments provides testing instruments to help support more
accurate diagnoses and effective treatment for pain, like the P-3® (Pain Patient Profile) test which helps identify depression, anxiety
and somatization.
National
Headache Foundation
The National Headache Foundation is a non-profit organization
dedicated to educating headache sufferers and healthcare professionals about
headache causes and treatments.
The National
Pain Foundation
The National Pain Foundation is an online education and support
community for pain patients and their families - your source for information
about treatment options, and support. Their mission is to create a highly
accessible information network that will empower individuals to make optimum
use of available resources to manage pain.
A
patient education resource of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Pain.com
Pain.com is a site which provides quality educational content. This
site is sponsored by the Dannemiller Memorial
Educational Foundation.
Pain &
Policy Studies Group
The Pain & Policy Studies Group facilitates public access to
information about pain relief and public policy. The Pain & Policy Studies
Group, at the University of Wisconsin, addresses both domestic and international
policy issues and is a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for
Policy and Communications in Cancer Care.
Pain Research
Group
The Pain
Research Group (PRG), Division of Anesthesia, Critical and Palliative Care, is
dedicated to improving the comfort and function of patients with cancer, both
nationally and internationally.
PainEDU.org
PainEDU.org is an online resource for clinically relevant information
about pain assessment and management. PainEDU.org offers medical professionals
the opportunity to stay current with news and literature in the pain management
field, to meet some of the leading pain practitioners and to earn continuing
education credits by enrolling in our free, accredited course.
Partners Against Pain
Partners Against Pain is an informational site for patients, health
professionals and physicians.
PhysicianWork PhysicianWork is a family of free job sites for physicians of all specialties. We are the largest online free resource geared strictly to physician placement on the internet. Our websites allow free unlimited job postings for hospitals & medical practices, free unlimited CV posting by physicians, and free unlimited job postings and 'blind CV postings' for recruiting firms.