The International Association for the Study of Pain advocates that the relief of pain should be recognized as a human right, that chronic pain should be considered a disease in its own right, and that pain medicine should have the full status of a specialty. It is a specialty only in China and Australia at this time. Elsewhere, pain medicine is a subspecialty under disciplines such as anesthesiology, physiatry, neurology, palliative medicine and psychiatry. In 2011, Human Rights Watch alerted that tens of millions of people worldwide are still denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain. COUNT 5
QSN1 What does the IASP advocate that the relief of pain should be recognized as? ANS1 a human right QSN2 What should chronic pain be considered in its own right? ANS2 a disease QSN3 What two countries is treating pain a specialty in? ANS3 China and Australia QSN4 What is pain medicine often under disciplines like physiatry, neurology, etc? ANS4 subspecialty QSN5 As of 2011, how many people worldwide are still denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain? ANS5 tens of millions