Working together to better understand, prevent, and manage chronic pain : what we heard / a report by the Canadian Pain Task Force.: H134-17/2020E-PDF
"An estimated 7.63 million, or one in four Canadians aged 15 or older, live with chronic pain – a condition that although often invisible, is now understood as a disease in its own right. It is often interwoven with other chronic conditions and can affect people across their lifetime. Chronic pain has significant impacts on physical and mental health, family and community life, society, and the economy, with the total direct and indirect cost of $38.3 to $40.4 billion in 2019"--Overview, page 5.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Health Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Working together to better understand, prevent, and manage chronic pain : what we heard / a report by the Canadian Pain Task Force. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Ce que nous avons entendu : travailler ensemble pour mieux comprendre, prévenir et gérer la douleur chronique. "October 2020." Cover title. Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75). |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, ON : Health Canada = Santé Canada, 2020. ©2020 |
| Description | 1 online resource (75 pages) : graphs |
| ISBN | 9780660363950 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | 200249 |
| Subject terms | Chronic pain -- Canada. Pain -- Treatment -- Canada. |