Please plan to attend. A special occasion at the Annual Meeting will mark this anniversary. Finally, several members of the Society appeared before an Ontario Legislature Committee concerning Bill 99, a Bill related to chronic pain and Workers Compensation, and were influential in having a new expert panel convened to restudy this Bill. See details provided by Ellen Thompson below. Almost all acute and cancer pain can be relieved, and many patients with chronic non-malignant pain can be helped.
Patients have the right to the best pain relief possible.
Unrelieved acute pain complicates recovery. Unrelieved pain after surgery or injury results in more complications, longer hospital stays, greater disability, and potentially long-term pain. Routine assessment is essential for effective management. Pain is a subjective and highly variable experience. Therefore, patients' self-report of pain should be used whenever possible.