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Useful links
Pain Society
The society represents all UK professionals involved in the management and understanding of pain. It aims to achieve the highest standards in the management of pain, through education, training and research in all fields of pain.
http://www.painsociety.org/
Pain Web
UK resource for health professionals involved with research, assessment and the treatment of pain.
http://www.thepainweb.com/
Pain Relief Foundation
UK charity that funds research into the causes and treatment of human chronic pain and is concerned with the education of doctors and nurses in pain management.
http://www.painrelieffoundation.org.uk/
Pain Research Institute
Funded by the Pain Relief Foundation and part of the Department of Neurological Science at the University of Liverpool.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/pri/
Pain Concern
UK charity that provides information and support for pain sufferers and their carers.
http://www.painconcern.org.uk/
Fibromyalgia Association UK
A non-profit making organization that works towards raising awareness of fibromyalgia.
http://www.fibromyalgia-associationuk.org/
National Back Pain Society (Backcare)
UK charity dedicated to educating people on how to avoid preventable back pain, and supporting those living with back pain.
http://www.backcare.org.uk/
National Endometriosis Society
UK charity devoted to funding research into endometriosis, raising awareness among medical professionals and the general public.
http://www.endo.org.uk/
Action for ME
UK charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Encephalopathy
http://www.afme.org.uk/
Further reading/listening
'Living with Pain'
Three-part series of radio programmes produced for BBC Radio 4 that explores different aspects of pain, pain management and scientific advances in pain relief (2002).
For further details and a chance to listen to the programmes, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/livingwithpain.shtml
Virtual pain relief
Giving amputees a 'virtual limb' could provide relief from phantom limb pain as Dr Jonathan Cole at the University of Southampton investigated with the research support of a Wellcome Trust Showcase award.
Wellcome News, Issue 32, Q3 2002
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/awtpubnwswnoi32res4.html
INPUT Pain Management Unit
St Thomas's Hospital, London
List of key publications
http://www.inputpainunit.org/input_publications.html
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