PAIN MANAGEMENT
FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE
Pain Management Internet Resources
The Florida Partnership for End of Life Care is committed to promoting effective and appropriate treatment for pain in terminally ill patients. Information for patients, families and health care professionals is available on several websites. The Partnership recommends the following websites as resources.
The American Academy of Pain Management www.aapainmanage.org is a good resource for pain patients looking for information about pain management and how to find a pain management professional. They also have a useful online community where pain patients can share insights and experiences.
Partners Against Pain www.partnersagainstpain.com has useful information for patients and caregivers, including opportunities for professional education.
The Mayday Pain Project www.painandhealth.org has useful links for patients suffering from pain specific to various diseases. There is also a useful link to continuing education opportunities for health care professionals.
Growth House, Inc. www.growthhouse.org/pain.html offers basic easy to understand information for pain patients and their families, with a easy to use list of pain management resources.
The American Pain Society www.ampainsoc.org has useful information for health care providers.
The monthly publication of the Florida Department of
Elder Affairs, Elder Update, recently featured an article
series on End of Life Care through the collaborated
efforts of the Florida Partnership. The Florida Partnership
for End of Life Care requests that any reprints provide
the applicable authorship credit.
April, 200l
End-of-Life Decisions: An Introduction
by William Allen, J.D.
Associate Professor
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Florida Hospices: Comfort, Care and Compassion
When It Is Needed Most
Myths about Hospice
by Samira Beckwith, CHE, LCSW
President and CEO, Hope Hospice
Elder Update, April 2001
May, 2001
"Communicating End-of-life Choices
to Family and Loved Ones: Isn't It Time We Talk About
It?"
by Kathy Brandt, MS and Karen Lo, MS, RN
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.
Elder Update, May 2001
June 2001
"Undertstanding Grief To Help Yourself
and Others".
by Kathy Brandt, MS
Institute Director, The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
Elder Update, June 2001
July 2001
"Pain Management at the End of Life"
by William Allen, J.D.
Associate Professor
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Elder Update, July 2001
September 2001
"Pallative Care: Will You Ever Need It Or Want It"
by Kathy Brandt, MS
Institute Director
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
Elder Update, September 2001
March/April 2002
"Medicare Hospice Benefit...Everything You Need
To Know"
by Samira K. Beckwith, CHE, LCSW
President and CEO, Hope Hospice
Elder Update,
Page 19, March/April 2002
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