The Canadian Pain Society has created a Patient Pain Manifesto (www.
canadianpainsociety. ca) for patients with surgical or treatment-related pain. Society …

Those principles are at the heart of a patients' bill of rights launched last month by the
Canadian Pain Society (CPS). The Canadian Pain Manifesto was unveiled during the …

Recognizing pain as a major, yet largely avoidable, public health problem, the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has developed standards that …

Based on a number of trends in health care, at least in English-speaking countries, this
should be the best of times for pain management. Yet there are forces, at least in the United …

The present report outlines key requirements that are central to helping patients manage
pain effectively. Although current standards are available as guides for practice, the …

Managing pain by the book Managing pain by the book Abstract The Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations advises caregivers to manage pain aggressively and …

Nurses play a key role in a patient's pain management. They provide education, counseling,
interventions, administration of medications and actively empower patients to participate in …

Health professionals from all disciplines have been working on pain assessment and
management for decades, yet the under-treatment of pain remains a major public health …

This article analyzes the Pain Terminology adopted by the International Association for the
Study of Pain (IASP), noting that most of their pain categories are defined in terms of a …

Pain management as a human right is a moral imperative that will help medicine return to its
humanist roots. Acknowledging this right is a crucial step in reversing the public health crisis …