First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP
First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP
First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP
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the societies have a large percentage <strong>of</strong><br />
members who are not members <strong>of</strong> IASP;<br />
they are, none-the-less, members <strong>of</strong> EFIC ®<br />
and will benefit from the wider<br />
perspectives <strong>of</strong>fered by a trans-national<br />
organisation.<br />
Specific programmes<br />
EFIC ® co-operates in the organisation <strong>of</strong><br />
Congresses, such as those in Verona, Italy,<br />
in May 1995 in Barcelona, Spain, in 1997,<br />
in Nice, France in 2000, in Prague, Czech<br />
Republic in 2003, in Istanbul, Turkey 13-<br />
16 2006, Lisbon, Portugal in 2009 and<br />
upcoming in Hamburg, Germany in September<br />
21-24 2011.<br />
EFIC ® produces an electronic newsletter<br />
which is distributed by an email database<br />
list to the Chapters and to all their members<br />
and is available on the website and is<br />
involved with the production <strong>of</strong> the European<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pain</strong>.<br />
Under EFIC ® auspices, Task Forces are<br />
working on aspects <strong>of</strong> pain research and<br />
management, and their findings will be<br />
used to improve education and training<br />
throughout Europe.<br />
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