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Founded in 1993, the Southern California
Cancer Pain Initiative (SCCPI) is a nonprofit
volunteer interdisciplinary organization made up of physicians,
nurses, pharmacists,
social workers and many other professionals dedicated to the relief
of cancer
pain.
SCCPI works closely with other
professional and regulatory agencies to remove barriers
to
optimum pain relief.
The SCCPI central office is located
in the Los Angeles region with additional regions
located
in San Diego, Inland Empire, Orange and Ventura Counties.
SCCPI includes over 3,000
individual members and three active committees:
Professional Education
to improve knowledge of health care professionals involved
in cancer pain management.
Regulatory Affairs
to identify and overcome regulatory barriers in pain
management
Non-Malignant Pain Task Force to help promote awareness of long
term chronic
pain sufferers.
SCCPI is a member of the Alliance of State Pain
Initiatives.
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