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| About IASP | Membership | Meetings | Publications | Advocacy | Chapters | SIGs | Grants | Resources |
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| > | Global Year Against Pain | ||||||||||||||||||
| > | International Pain Summit | ||||||||||||||||||
| • | 2010 Program | ||||||||||||||||||
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| • | About the Pain Summit | ||||||||||||||||||
| > | Declaration of Montréal | ||||||||||||||||||
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| > | Desirable Characteristics of National Pain Strategies | ||||||||||||||||||
| > | Pain Initiatives | ||||||||||||||||||
| > | LIFE Before Death | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Inaugural EventThe International Pain Summit is an advocacy event intended to emphasize the importance of pain management as a human right and create guidelines for national strategies to help implement improved pain management worldwide. More than 260 pain specialists from 62 countries attended the inaugural Pain Summit on September 3, 2010, in Montréal, Canada. These attendees heard patient and caregiver testimonials, updates from representatives of countries with established or developing national pain strategies, and evidence from advocates of policy development. They were also able to present questions and comments during a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Mary Lynch. After this material was presented, the attendees broke out into small groups to discuss and propose changes to the draft Declaration of Montréal and the Desirable Characteristics of National Pain Strategies. Ultimately everyone in attendance agreed on the importance of the two documents, and unanimously voted to support an edited Declaration that called for pain management as a universal right. Following the Summit, the International Pain Summit Steering Committee prepared a second draft of the Declaration which was presented to the IASP Council at the end of October for review and endorsement. The Declaration of MontréalThe Declaration of Montréal, having been edited by the International Pain Summit Steering Committee using changes and additions proposed by the Pain Summit attendees, was approved by the IASP Council in October 2010. Click here to view the full text of the Declaration. If you would like to add your endorsement to the document by submitting an electronic signature, you can do so at the end of the document. To view a list of organizations and individuals who have electronically signed their names in support of the Declaration, click here. Coming SoonThe Desirable Characteristics of National Pain Strategies document is still under review by the IASP Council. It will be posted on this site when a final version has been approved.
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