City of Hope Pain & Palliative Care Resource Center

  

 


X.     Other Resources

          Audio Resources

1.          Academy for Guided Imagery (AGI)       

2.         Exceptional Cancer Patients
            Touch Star Productions         

         Video Listing

1.         Palliative Care Video Resource List 
 

         Journals/Newsletters

1.         ASPI E-Newsletter is a monthly email update on pain related issues, events, and activities of the Alliance of  State Pain Initiatives.   
 
2.        American Chronic Pain Association Chronicle – a patient-oriented quarterly newsletter.  It includes letters, essays, articles, and book reviews written by people with chronic pain or their families.  Periodically, healthcare professionals have inclusions.  
 
3.        American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine – a peer reviewed research journal published bi-monthly by Prime National Publishing Corporation.  The focus is on hospice and palliative care news and research. 
 

4.       Bridges: Connecting Cancer Survivors – Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s newsletter for survivors written by survivors.
 
5.       Cancer Pain Release – a quarterly publication of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care. 
 
6.       CancerWise - an online newsletter published monthly by The University of Texas M. .D. Anderson Cancer Center.  Each issue includes a cancer survivor's story, related Q&A with M.D. Anderson experts, the latest reports on cancer treatment and research and tips for cancer survivorship and prevention.
 
7.      ChiPPS Pediatric & Palliative Care Newsletter  –  a quarterly newsletter from the Children’s Project on Palliative/Hospice Services (ChiPPS) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
 
9.       ELNEC Connections – The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium  is a quarterly newsletter to showcase efforts in end-of-life nursing education and practice.    
 
10.     European Journal of Palliative Care – official journal of the European Association for Palliative Care.  Published six times a year by the Hayward Group.   
 
11.      Foundation for Health in Aging – a newsletter from the American Geriatrics Society.
 

12.      Innovations in End-of-Life Care – an international, online journal featuring peer-reviewed promising practices in end-of-life care.
 
13.      IAHPC Newsletter – The monthly newsletter of the International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care.  
 
14.      International Journal of Palliative Nursing – a bi-monthly publication which promotes excellence in palliative nursing. 
 

15.      Journal of Cancer Survivorship – a quarterly peer reviewed journal which presents papers relevant to improving the understanding, prevention, and management of the multiple areas related to cancer survivorship that can affect quality of care, longevity and quality of life of cancer survivors.
 
16.     Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing –  a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal for nurses in hospice and palliative care settings. 
 

17.     Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network – JNCCN is dedicated to improving the quality of cancer care locally, nationally, and internationally while enhancing the collaboration between academic medicine and the community physician.    
 

18.     Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy – advances in acute, chronic, and end-of-life pain and symptom control.
 

19.     Journal of Pain and Symptom Management – monthly journal that publishes original articles and other clinical papers. 
 
20.    Journal of Palliative Medicine – the journal covers the team approach to palliative medicine, pain and symptom management, palliative-care education, legal, ethical, reimbursement issues, and more.  

21.     Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services – covers current news in psychosocial nursing, updates on psychopharmacology, geopsychiatry, and mental health nursing.   
 
22.    Lately@MSKCC - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's monthly online newsletter.  Content includes a variety of topics related to cancer care including literature abstracts of current research studies, brief clinical articles, position postings and a calendar of conferences.   
 

23.    NHPCO Newsline – National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) sponsored monthly newsletter for members.  It details  NHPCO activities and provides a calendar of events along with updates on legislative issues that may impact hospice care.     
 

24.    PAIN – official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain.  
 

25.    Pain: Clinical Updates – International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) - provides periodic supplements devoted to specific pain conditions and related research. 
 

26.    Pain Community News – an American Pain Foundation newsletter that focuses on news and information people affected by pain can use.        

27.    Pain Medicine – official Journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine – A quarterly journal that provides information on all aspects of pain including the psycho-social dimensions and ethical issues of pain management. 
 
28.   Pain Pathways - World Institute of Pain online quarterly magazine designed to address the needs and interests of people living with chronic, acute and cancer pain.
 

29.   Pain Research & Practice Update – American Pain Foundation newsletter translates some of the latest pain research and management practices presented at select scientific meetings, as well as those published in reputable medical journals. The Update will feature Q&A-style articles on emerging and promising areas of pain research. 
 
30.    Palliative Medicine – international interdisciplinary journal dedicated to improving knowledge and clinical practice in the palliative care of patients with far advanced disease. 
   
32.    Palliative & Supportive Care – an international journal of palliative medicine that focuses on the psychiatric, psychosocial, spiritual, existential, ethical, and philosophical aspects of palliative care.  
 
33.    Progress in Palliative Care – multidisciplinary journal that provides information on all aspects of palliative care.  
 

34.    Psycho-Oncology – quarterly journal concerned with the psychological, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer.   
 

35.    SCCPI Newsletter – a newsletter from the Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative that provides individuals with information on pain related items and upcoming events. 
 

36.    Supportive Care in Cancer – provides members of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) the most recent scientific and social information on aspects of supportive care for cancer patients at all stages of the disease.   

     
      Media Resources

1.      American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 
         -    ASCO Podcasts and Virtual Meetings

2.     International Psycho-Oncology Society
        -    Multilingual Core Curriculum in Psycho-Oncology   (Online lectures in English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian & Spanish))
        -    Podcasts from the International Program of Psycho-Social Health Research        

3.     Beth Israel Medical Center Department of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care  StopPain.org
         -    Topics in Pain Management: A Slide Compendium            
                                           
4.     Cancer Pain Education for Patients and the Public (CPEPP)
         -     City of Hope investigators (Betty Ferrell, Marcia Grant, and Gloria Juarez) conducted an education project funded by the National Cancer Institute to address the multiple opportunities for cancer pain education and to provide resources for successful implementation.  The project materials include outlines, Power Point presentations, handouts and a comprehensive bibliography for each module.  An article summarizing this project was published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2002, 23(3), 7-8, which provides further detail regarding the training program.
         Module I: Pain Management for Individual Patient Education
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides
         Module II - Cultural Considerations in Patient and Public Education
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides
         Module III - Pain Education provided through group settings
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides
         Module IV - Public Education for Pain Management
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides
         Module V - Telephone Education
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides
         Module VI - The JCAHO Imperative; Improved Pain Management
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides
         Module VII - Professional Education as a Prerequisite to Patient Education; Involving Colleagues in Pain Education
                Download Handouts, Outline, and Slides        

5.     Homecare Outreach for Palliative Care Education (HOPE) curriculum materials ($60.00/copy)
         -      The training material includes a 215-page syllabus including participant outlines, detailed faculty teaching outlines, PowerPoint presentations on CD, and extensive handout materials.  

6.      GeriPal – A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog

7.      Pain Management Blog

8.     Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog

9.     Palliative Care Success Blog   

 
 

Send mail to: prc@coh.org
 
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Website last modified: July 22, 2010