Open AccessThe Tower of Babel
Author(s) -
Midcap Matthew
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2001.002001003.x
Subject(s) - pain medicine , professional association , medicine , american society of anesthesiologists , pain management , civil society , addiction , political science , law , psychiatry , physical therapy , anesthesia , anesthesiology , politics
While preparing tax information for my accountant this year, I came to the business expenses portion and noticed how many different societies I belong to. I began to consider in a broader sense the number of different pain societies that are in existence today. The list, although by no means complete, includes the following: American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), American Pain Society (APS), regional pain societies such as The Southern Pain Society (SPS), state pain societies such as the Georgia Pain Society (component of Southern Pain Society), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), American Association for the Study of Headache (AASH), International Spine Injection Society (ISIS), American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), International Neuromodulation Society, Society for Pain Practice Management (SPPM). These professional societies encompass a wide array of specialties and interests …