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Emerging Solutions in Pain Legal and Regulatory CornerHastings CenterLegal Side of PainMedical Law, Ethics, Accreditation & CompliancePain & Policy Studies GroupPain & the Lawhttp://www.emergingsolutionsinpain.com/http://www.thehastingscenter.org/http://legalsideofpain.com/index.cfmhttp://www.pohly.com/admin3.htmlhttp://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/http://www.painandthelaw.orgKey References1. American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics- A community of colleagues across three disciplines exploring the major health issues to protect public health;reduce racial, ethnic, and economic health disparities; promote patient safely and quality of care; and facilitatedialogue on emerging biomedical science and research. Website: http://www.aslme.org/.Position Statements/Standards(see Section III. Palliative Care/End-of-Life/Bereavement Page)1. A joint statement, published by 21 health organizations and the Drug Enforcement Administration- Promoting Pain Relief and Preventing Abuse of Pain Medications: A Critical Balancing ActThe roles of both health professionals and law enforcement personnel in maintaining the balances between patientcare and diversion prevention are critical. Website: http://www.ampainsoc.org/advocacy/promoting.htm.IX. Research Instruments/ResourcesSection Description: This section includes numerous clinical and research tools addressing quality of life, pain, psychosocialassessment, medical staff knowledge and attitudes, brief pain surveys, palliative care and needs assessments from varioussources are included in this section.1. Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Toolkit- The APN toolkit website contains a compendium of tools used in APN related research. The measurementinstruments listed on this website have been organized according to the Participatory, Evidence-based, PatientfocusedProcess, for guiding the development, implementation, and evaluation of Advanced practice nursing (PEPPA)framework. Website: http://apnnursingchair.mcmaster.ca/.2. Brief Pain Inventory- The BPI is a brief, simple, and easy to use tool for the assessment of pain in both clinical and research settings. TheBPI uses simple numeric rating scales from 0 to 10 that are easy to understand and easy to translate into otherlanguages. It is a well validated instrument to measure pain intensity, functionality and the impact of pain on one’slife in the past 24 hours and within the past week. It was developed by Charles Cleeland, PhD and is availablethrough the Pain Research Group at MD Anderson Cancer Center.Website: http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/departments-programs-and-labs/departments-anddivisions/symptom-research/symptom-assessment-tools/brief-pain-inventory.html.3. Brief Pain Surveys- This is a collection of 6 brief surveys: Pain Assessment/Behavior Survey; Pain/Gender Survey; Brief Cancer PainInformation Survey; Pain Addiction Survey; Brief Pharmacology Survey; Test Questions. These short surveysdeveloped by Margo McCaffery and Betty Ferrell are intended for practical use in situations such as staffeducation where limited time and resources are available for data collection or analysis.Website: http://prc.coh.org/Brief%20Pain%20Surveys-11.pdf .4. Clinical Decision Making Tool - City of Hope, Duarte, CA- This 14-item survey assesses nurses’ clinical decision making regarding pain managementWebsite: http://prc.coh.org/pdf/clinical_decision_making.pdf.5. Controlling Pain Vignettes - City of Hope, Duarte, CA- Vignettes for use with health care professionals, published in a series in the journal Nursing, provide casevignettes related to patient characteristics (i.e. age, behavior) and pain control. Options are presented along with the“right choice” and its rationale. Useful as a brief survey to assess staff knowledge and decisions regarding pain.Website: http://prc.coh.org/pdf/controlling_pain.pdf.97