Family members and healthcare professionals need to find ways to interpret facial expressions, and other forms of non-verbal communication. The Patient Pain Manifesto was announced during the Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, at the Delta Montreal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Based in Ottawa, members include heath professionals, scientists, university educators, and corporations. It is the aim of the CPS to help improve the management of patients with acute or chronic pain, through education and research. Pain is an accepted part of being in hospital.
Patients have the right to have their pain treated.
Many hospitals have pPain mManagement specialists and multidisciplinary clinics. Patients need to ask questions and report their pain to staff caring for them. This is particularly important when dealing with young children or some elderly patients. It can result in more complications, longer hospital stays, greater disability and potentially long-term chronic pain. Patients will become addicted to painkillers.