International association for the study of pain

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) incorporated in 1974 as an international, multidisciplinary, non-profit professional association dedicated to furthering research on pain and improving the care of patients with pain. Membership in IASP is open to scientists, physicians, dentists, psychologists, nurses, physical therapists, and other health professionals actively engaged in pain research and to those who have special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of pain. The IASP's official peer-reviewed journal, Pain, which began publication in 1975, publishes original research on the nature, mechanisms, and treatment of pain. and provides a forum for the dissemination of research in the basic and clinical sciences of multidisciplinary interest. In 2001, IASP had more than 6700 individual members from 113 countries, who gather every 3 years for the World Congress on Pain.

From the description of Records, 1971- (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 48210534