The chronic need to improve the management of pain

In this issue, Drs Morley‐Forster, Clark, Speechley and Moulin report on their survey conducted by Ipsos‐Reid in June 2001 (pages 189‐194). Only physicians who met the eligibility criteria of having written 20 or more prescriptions for moderate to severe pain in the preceding four weeks or having devoted 20% of their time to palliative care were eligible to participate. Sixty‐eight per cent of the respondents thought that moderate to severe …