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Examples of clinical resources available for guidance regarding the assessment and
management of pain include:
American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline at:
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/cp_index.shtml;
American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Clinical Practice Guideline
―Pain Management in the Long-Term Care Setting‖ (2003) at:
www.amda.com/tools/guidelines.cfm;
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine at www.aahpm.org;
American Academy of Pain Medicine at http://www.painmed.org;
American Pain Society at www.ampainsoc.org;
Brown University‘s Pain and Physical Symptoms Toolkit at
http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/physical.htm;
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association at http://www.hpna.org;
John A Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing "Try This" series at
http://www.hartfordign.org/Resources/Try_This_Series;
National Initiative on Pain Control at www.painedu.org;
Partners Against Pain ® at http://www.partnersagainstpain.com;
Quality Improvement Organizations at www.medqic.org; and
Resource Center for Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical
Center (2000) at http://www.stoppain.org/education_research/index.html.
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Care Process for Pain Management
Processes for the prevention and management of pain include:
• Assessing the potential for pain, recognizing the onset or presence of pain, and