Pain Waves
The World Health Organization recognizes chronic pain
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:24:20
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Synopsis
On January 1st of 2022, the World Health Organization unveiled their new classification standards for diseases. For the first time ever, they have recognized chronic pain as a condition. In this month’s episode of the Pain Waves podcast, we’re joined by Maria Hudspith, the co-chair of the Canadian Pain Task Force, and Rolf Detlef-Treede, who lead the work on the WHO recognition of chronic pain. They explain what the ICD-11 is and how it could improve care for those living with chronic pain.