The Declaration Montreal: access to pain management is a fundamental human right

Affiliations

¹ Chair Steering Committee IASP International Pain Summit, Former President IASP (1987-1990), Chair Australian Pain Summit, Board Member Pain Australia, Professor and Head Pain Management Research Institute, and Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, University of Sydney at Royal North North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia Co-chair Canadian Pain Strategy and Summit Past President Canadian Pain Society, Professor Psychiatry, Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Dalhousie University QEII, Health Sciences Centre, 4th Floor Dickson, 5820 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7.

Editorial

M J Cousins et al. Pain. 2011 Dec.

. 2011 Dec;152(12):2673-2674.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.09.012. Epub 2011 Oct 11.

¹ Chair Steering Committee IASP International Pain Summit, Former President IASP (1987-1990), Chair Australian Pain Summit, Board Member Pain Australia, Professor and Head Pain Management Research Institute, and Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, University of Sydney at Royal North North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia Co-chair Canadian Pain Strategy and Summit Past President Canadian Pain Society, Professor Psychiatry, Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Dalhousie University QEII, Health Sciences Centre, 4th Floor Dickson, 5820 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7.

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