CANADIAN PAIN COALITION
INTRODUCTION
Canadian Pain Coalition (CPC) is a consensus group dedicated to
promoting awareness of pain, providing education about pain to professionals
and the public as well as lobbying the government for pain research
funds. Members include pain patients’ representatives from
Injured Workers, FMS, Arthritis, CRPS/RSD, NACPAC, pain management
doctors, nurses and Canadian Pain Society members. The Charter of
Pain Patient’s Rights and Responsibilities was created and
refined by CPC members.
PARC is a member of the CPC. The CPC has requested that all members
whose organizations they represent, take it to their membership
for ratification. If you are Canadian and wish to support the Charter,
you are also welcome to do so.
We all can support the CPC in their efforts to raise the awareness
of pain as a disease, not a symptom. This is just the beginning...
CHARTER OF PAIN PATIENT’S RIGHTS
AND REPONSIBILITIES
The Charter emphasizes the following concerns about pain:
- pain is a disease, not a symptom
- consumers should advocate for a greater awareness of chronic
pain
patients would benefit from better professional guidance to help
them with information from various sources
family doctors and nurses could take on a more involved role in
treating the whole individual with pain
patients have rights and responsibilities and can work together
with healthcare professionals, taking active part in their own care
children and elderly or those who are cognitively impaired have
the right to have their caregivers involved in their care
RIGHTS
Pain patients are entitled to:
1. have their reports of pain taken seriously
2. receive compassionate and sympathetic care
3. have treatment/care, follow-up and periodic reassessment
4. actively participate, or have their parents or caregivers participate,
in their treatment plan development
5. timely access to best practice care
6. have adequate information in order to consent to their treatment
7. information and support, including access to health records
RESPONSIBILITIES
To the extent they are able, patients or their parents /caregivers
are responsible:
1. to be knowledgeable about pain
2. to engage in open communication with their healthcare providers
3. to actively participate in their own care and in decisions
about their care in partnership with healthcare
professionals
4. to do their best to comply with their treatment
5. to advocate for better pain management
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?
If you wish to offer your support of this Charter, you can copy
and paste the statement below or type it into an Email and send
it to us. We welcome your support and comments about the CPC
Charter.
I SUPPORT/ DO NOT SUPPORT
THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES of the Canadian Pain
Coalition.
Name:
Address:
City:
State/Prov.
Country:
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
More news on the CPC as it becomes available.
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