Look here for more info on pain management
August 1, 1997 less than 1 minute read
Look here for more info on pain management
• Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, P.O. Box 14288, Gainesville, FL 32604. Telephone: (352) 377-8900. The academy has a quarterly newsletter called The Update about hospice nurses and palliative medicine; the academy also sells study guides for certification exams in hospice and palliative medicine, including: Assessment and Treatment of Pain in the Terminally Ill; Management of Selected Non-pain Symptoms in the Terminally Ill; Ethical and Legal Decision Making When Caring For the Terminally Ill; Alleviating Spiritual and Psychological Pain. All four cost $70, or they can be purchased separately at $20 each. The academy also sells a 60-page guide to pain management and other topics, called The Primer of Palliative Care. It costs $4.95. The academy is holding a conference Dec. 4-7 in Washington, DC, on HIV/AIDS and Palliative Medicine. The cost is $300 for members; non-members’ cost is $350; for nurses it costs $175.
• American Cancer Society, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Telephone: (800) ACS-2345. The organization has booklets on pain management available at all local chapters.
• National Chronic Pain Outreach Association, 7979 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20814-2429. Write for information about chronic pain, and ask for a list of support groups.
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