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Resources
IASP Publications Available for Download
Other Publications Available for Download
Download "2011 - The Global Year Against Pain", an editorial
by Global Year Against Acute Pain Task Force co-chair Stephan Schug, Dr
med, published in the January 2011 issue of Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care (Volume 39, Issue 1).
 The Australian and New
Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) has published a document with
the most up-to-date science and practice on acute pain management. This
world leading document, endorsed by the NHMRC, IASP, and many national
and international bodies, provides the scientific evidence for the
practice of acute pain management. Visit the ANZCA website to
download Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (3rd
edition) 2010 as a PDF.
While you're there, download Managing Acute Pain - A Guide for
Patients (2005), a booklet derived from the document Acute Pain
Management: Scientific Evidence (Second Edition). This document aims to
help health professionals work with patients to manage acute pain
effectively and safely.
IASP Publications Available for Purchase
Other Organizations Dedicated to Pain Research,
Management, and Relief
American Academy of Pain Medicine
The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) is the medical specialty
society representing physicians practicing in the field of Pain
Medicine. As a medical specialty society, the Academy is involved in
education, training, advocacy, and research in the specialty of Pain
Medicine.
www.painmed.org
American Academy of Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is the
national medical society representing more than 7,500 physicians who are
specialists in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation
(PM&R).
www.aapmr.org
American Headache Society
The American Headache Society® (AHS) is a professional society of
health care providers dedicated to the study and treatment of headache
and face pain. Founded in 1959, AHS brings together physicians and other
health providers from various fields and specialties to share concepts
and developments about headache and related conditions.
www.americanheadachesociety.org
Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society is dedicated to the advancement
of the medical practice of anesthesia through research, education and
excellence in patient care.
www.cas.ca
Help for Headaches
Help For Headaches is a London based non-profit organization and a
registered Canadian charity that is committed to educational services
for those suffering from and treating headaches.
www.headache-help.org
National Headache Foundation
The National Headache Foundation exists to enhance the healthcare of
headache sufferers. It is a source of help to sufferers' families,
physicians who treat headache sufferers, allied healthcare professionals
and to the public. The NHF accomplishes its mission by providing
educational and informational resources, supporting headache research
and advocating for the understanding of headache as a legitimate
neurobiological disease.
www.headaches.org
Pain Concern
Pain Concern provides information and support for pain sufferers, those
who care for them and about them.
www.painconcern.org.uk
Physiotherapy Pain Association
The PPA was formed to bring together and provide information for
Physiotherapists with the common interest of managing patients with both
acute and long term pain.
www.ppaonline.co.uk
World Health Organization
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the
United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on
global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms
and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing
technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health
trends.
www.who.int
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