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* Palliative Medicine
Oxford Textbook Of Palliative Medicine (Second Edition) [icon]
Edited by Derek Doyle, Geoffrey Hanke, and Neil MacDonald. The second edition of "the Bible of palliative care" is a comprehensive medical textbook and reference volume covering most practical aspects of hospice comfort care for the terminally ill. Covers quality of life assessment, pain and symptom management, pediatric issues, nutrition, psychiatric issues, special roles of members of the caregiving team such as nurses, occupational therapists, and social workers, plus many other topics. Now available in paperback. Published April, 1999.

* Pain Management
Canadian Pain Society [icon]
The Canadian Pain Society is a chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Membership includes health care professionals and lay persons with an interest in the field of pain. The goals of the society are many however its main focus is to foster and encourage research on pain mechanisms and pain syndromes and to help improve the management of patients with acute and chronic pain by bringing together the basic scientists and health professionals of various disciplines and backgrounds who have an interest in pain research and management. The Society's' web site contains several helpful resources including a Grants/Awards section (small grants are offered in support of projects designed to improve pain management or to promote education about pain); an on-line newsletter; links to other pain-related web resources; and the journal Pain Research and Management. Membership information is also offered for those interested in joining the Society. Of particular interest to the palliative care community is the Society's' Position Statement on Pain Relief and also their Pediatric Pain Source Book. The position statement can serve as a useful guideline for the management of pain caused by cancer and other illnesses.

City of Hope Pain Resource Center [icon]
This web site maintains a useful index of pain management resources for both pain professionals and health care consumers. A well-organized site index covers pain resources by topic area. Contents include pain bibliographies, assessment instruments, nursing and physician education materials, patient education tools, pediatric pain, costs related to pain management, and other specialized areas. A key feature of the site is that copies of many resources can be ordered in print form for a nominal charge, making hard-to-find items easily accessible.

Pediatric Pain [icon]
The Pediatric Pain site is maintained by IWK Grace Health Centre and the Psychology Department of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Resources for professionals and also self-help information is provided. Visitors can access clinical tools and also subscribe to the Pediatric Pain Letter and the Pediatric Pain Mailing List. Links to other relevant sites are also offered. This is a useful site for anyone who must manage pain in children.

Mayday Upper Peninsula Pain Project [icon]
Provides an excellent collection of pain links, including resources for chronic pain, cancer, pediatric pain, pain and depression, and other special pain management issues. Has a specific regional commitment to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which is adjacent to Wisconsin and Minnesota, but most links are of general information value.

* Cancer
The Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook [icon]
Called the "Bible of Chemotherapy" by some, this new edition is concisely written yet comprehensive in scope. It's an authoritative practical guide to the more than 85 specific drugs currently used in cancer treatment. This edition includes new chapters on pediatric cancer therapy, high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support, blood transfusion therapy, and pain management. The expanded index covers special toxicity criteria associated with transplantation. Published May, 1997.

* Miscellaneous Resources
Heart-To-Heart [icon]
Drawn from over 80 hours of recordings, this set of three hour-long audio documentary programs examines the roles that families, communities, physicians and other healers play in caring for people who are dying. Topics examined include cultural variations, fear of the use of morphine for pain management, pediatric palliative care, and lack of funding to pay for good programs. Originally produced for public radio, now available on CD.

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