Resources Available on Pain Management
Resources Available on Pain Management
A growing number of resources are available to ethics committees on the subject of pain management. They include:
Publications
• Ethics of Pain Management in a High-Tech Culture, a book from American Health Consultants, publisher of Medical Ethics Advisor, covers palliative care, hospice, easing costs of death, pediatric needs, and critical paths.
To order a copy, contact American Health Consultants, Customer Service, P.O. Box 740056, Atlanta, GA 30374. Telephone: (800) 688-2421 or (404) 262-7436. Fax: (800) 272-7837. E-mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web: http:// www.ahcpub.com.
• Building an Institutional Commitment to Pain Management is a resource manual pub-lished by the Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative. It includes quality improvement worksheets; institutional proposals, policy statements, intravenous and subcutaneous opioid infusion policies, and spinal analgesia policies; pain assessment and management flowsheets; clinical pathways; and pocket reference cards.
To order a copy, contact: Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative, 1300 University Ave., Room 4720, Madison, WI 53706. Telephone: (608) 262-0978. Fax: (608) 265-4014.
World Wide Web sites
• Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative: http:// www.wisc.edu/molpharm/wcpi.
• Wisconsin Pain and Policy Studies Group pain policy project: http://www.biostat.wisc. edu/pain policy.
• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Acute and Cancer Pain Guidelines: http://www. ahcpr.gov.
National clearinghouse
• City of Hope/MAYDAY Pain Resource Center. This Duarte, CA-based center serves as a clearinghouse for information on improving the quality of pain management. A current index of materials is available on request. In addition, professionals are invited to submit resource materials. Contact: City of Hope National Medical Center, MAYDAY Pain Resource Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010. Telephone: (818) 359-8111, ext. 3829. Fax: (818) 301-8941. E-mail: [email protected].
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