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This page provides links to Internet
resources dealing with control and management of cancer-related pain.
The Williamsburg Regional Library
provides a variety of cancer-related resources and services for adults and
children, including both circulating and reference books and audiovisual
materials.
- American
Cancer Society Pain Control
- The ACS cancer pain fact sheet gives
basic information on cancer pain, including control methods and
sources of help.
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- Cancer
Pain
- The WebMD site provides articles on
cancer pain for both adults and children, covering pain and the
elderly, chronic pain, communicating with doctors about cancer pain,
cancer pain terminology, treatment and diagnosis (including drug
therapies, surgery, side effects, etc.), complementary therapies, and
self-care.
- Making
Cancer Less Painful
- An online handbook for parents on
children and cancer pain produced by health care staff at the Izaak
Walton Killam Children's Hospital in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- MedlinePlus
- MedlinePlus Health Information, a
service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National
Institutes of Health, provides users with information on many health
topics, drug information, searchable medical encyclopedia and
dictionary, and the latest medical news. Also provided are interactive
health tutorials for various diseases, conditions, tests, and
diagnostic procedures.
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- Understanding
Cancer Pain
- An online presentation from the
National Cancer Institute on evaluating and controlling cancer pain.
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