Pain Management and Policy Information

New Report on Texas Pain Policies:
A new state-by-state report card shows that Texas is only average nationwide when it comes to its policies needed to help persons with pain find relief. Further information here.

New article on Pain Management from Practical Bioethics.

American Academy of Cancer Pain Initiatives is dedicated to promoting cancer pain relief nationwide by supporting the efforts of State Cancer Pain Initiatives.  Cancer Pain Initiatives are voluntary, grassroots organizations composed of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, and representatives of clergy, higher education, and government.  Initiatives and their participants provide education and advocacy to healthcare providers, cancer patients and their families.
http://www.aacpi.org/

The District of Columbia Pain Initiative (DCPI) is a membership organization composed of health care professionals, pain patients, and other individuals and organizations who have joined together to improve the quality of pain management in the District of Columbia.  The DCPI will act to enhance understanding of the consequences of untreated pain, to advocate for better access to pain management and to educate the professionals, the public and the policy makers in the way and means to improve pain management.
http://www.dcpaininitiative.org

Pain & Policy Studies Group is a University-based academic research, education, and communications program located in the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy