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www.ampainsoc.org The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical scientists, practising clinicians, policy analysts, and others. Its mission is to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice.
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www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag This site is for anyone with a professional or personal interest in pain and analgesia. It is firmly based in the principles of evidence-based medicine and has pulled together systematic reviews with pain as an outcome.
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www.cancernursing.org Provides free, professional online cancer care courses that aim to enhance the knowledge and skills of health professionals and anyone concerned with the care of cancer patients.
http://www.cochrane.org/docs/descrip.htm The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993 and named after the British epidemiologist, Archie Cochrane.
www.cancerimprovement.nhs.uk Cancer Services Collaborative 'Improvement Partnership'
www.cancerbackup.org.uk Cancerbackup is Europe's leading cancer information charity. Its website contains over 4,500 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families, carers and friends. It also provides a free telephone helpline with specialist cancer nurses who can give information on any type of cancer or treatment and provide emotional support, practical advice, and details of local support groups and other services for people with cancer. Cancerbackup also provides 9 local walk-in centres across the country and produces 67 patient-friendly booklets and over 220 factsheets that are free to patients.
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www.dyingwell.org.uk Dying Well is an All-Party Parliamentary Group whose membership is open to members of both Houses of Parliament and whose website is open to everyone.
www.DeliveringChoiceProgramme.org.uk Information and latest news on the Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Choice Programme and its initiatives for improving end-of-life palliative care across the UK.
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www.endoflifecare.nhs.uk/eolc/ The End of Life Care Programme (EoLC) was set up to improve care at the end of life for all wherever they live. This site aims to support the programme by sharing good practice, resources and information.
www.eperc.mcw.edu/ The purpose of EPERC is to share educational resource material among the community of health professional educators involved in palliative care education.
www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/ An archived website. It includes project work from 1995 through 2001. Much of the content remains applicable to improving pain management in institutions.
www.epec.net Mission is to educate all healthcare professionals on the essential clinical competencies in palliative care. The EPEC Curriculum is available in an online learning format and is presented in seventeen modular topics, and each module meets Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements. Participants complete each topic’s post-test and evaluation, and, upon passing the test, an instant certificate for CME is issued. EPEC online learning modules may be used as a supplement to other EPEC materials or as a refresher on the core skills of palliative care (USA based).
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www.growthhouse.org Primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying, through public education and global professional collaboration. Provides a comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care.
www.goldstandardsframework.nhs.uk Gold Standards Framework Resources. Downloadable resources and information, and details of other publications
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www.healthcarecommission.org.uk The Healthcare Commission promotes improvement in the quality of the NHS and independent healthcare.
www.hospiceinformation.info Sets out to provide high quality, relevant information to health professionals and members of the public. Aims to link practitioners together so that they can share information, knowledge and experience and, in doing so, further the development of hospice and palliative care throughout the world. Provides a range of services: enquiry service, hospice UK online, UK and Ireland hospice directory, international hospice directories, website, resource centres, publications, research and statistical information.
www.helpthehospices.org.uk The hospice movement’s national charity in the UK , full of useful information about hospice care and on line education.
www.helptheaged.org.uk Help the Aged is a charity working with older people to ensure they have enough to live on, feel more involved, get equality in all areas of their lives and receive high quality care when and where they need it.
www.healthtalkonline.org Healthtalkonline, an award-winning charity website, lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. You can watch or listen to videos of the interviews, read about people's experiences and find reliable information about conditions, treatment choices and support.
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www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/LastPhaseofLife The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and drives the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care.
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www.cancerlancashire.org.uk Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network. Enhanced communication skills training for use of PPC by district nurses. Education of staff in acute trusts and care homes.
www.library.nhs.uk/palliative A library and information service for the NHS.
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www.mvcnprof.nhs.uk Mount Vernon Cancer Network Website.
http://www.mapfoundation.org/ The MAP Foundation uses the creative arts to express and communicate complex and painful issues relating to serious illness and dying. Founded by Michele Angelo Petrone.
www.macmillan.org.uk/healthprofessionals Macmillan Cancer Relief. For information on Education and Development including Macmillan National Institute of Education (MNIE) and professional resources including “Foundations in Palliative Care”, a programme for care home staff.
www.mcpcil.org.uk Marie Curie Palliative Care Institue Liverpool - Liverpool Care Pathway. For information on the 10-step education programme for the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient and the Network Nurse Programme which aims to facilitate and empower the network nurse and generic worker in the palliative care approach.
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http://www.nccn.org/professionals/default.asp The National Comprehensive Cancer Network is an alliance of 21 of the world’s leading cancer centres, working together to develop treatment guidelines for most cancers, and dedicated to research that improves the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of cancer care. NCCN offers a number of programs to give clinicians access to tools and knowledge that can help guide decision-making in the management of cancer.
www.ncpc.org.uk The National Council for Palliative Care is the umbrella organisation for all those who are involved in providing, commissioning and using hospice and palliative care services in England, Wales & Northern Ireland. It promotes the extension and improvement of palliative care services regardless of diagnosis in all health and social care settings and across all sectors to government, national and local policy makers.
www.ncl.ac.uk/cancereducationonline Part time web based postgraduate programmes in Oncology and Palliative Care from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
www.nice.org.uk National Institute for Clinical Excellence works on behalf of the NHS and the people who use it by making recommendations for treatment and care using the best available evidence.
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http://www.painclinic.org Information website designed to help sufferers and their carers learn about the diagnosis and treatment of common painful conditions.
www.pallcare.info Palliative Care Matters Website for healthcare professionals working in palliative care or related fields.
www.partnersagainstpain.com An alliance of patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers working together to alleviate unnecessary suffering by leading efforts to advance standards of pain care through education and advocacy.
www.prodigy.nhs.uk A source of clinical knowledge, based on the best available evidence, about the common conditions and symptoms managed by primary healthcare professionals.
www.palliativedrugs.com Provides essential, comprehensive and independent information for health professionals about the use of drugs in palliative care.
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www.whocancerpain.wisc.edu Cancer Pain Release is the publication of the World Health Organization global communications program to improve cancer pain control and palliative and supportive care. Is dedicated to keeping a worldwide and multidisciplinary audience in the health professions and government abreast of relevant information and developments in clinical medicine, education and policy.
www.who.int/cancer/palliative World Health Organisation Cancer programme across the world.