Winner of the Ronald Melzack – Canadian Journal of Pain 2021 Paper of the Year Award / Récipiendaire du Prix Ronald Melzack Pour L’Annee 2021 Des Articles Parus Dans La Revue Canadienne de La Douleur
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Dr. Lise Dassieu and colleagues Drs. Angela Heino, Élise Develay, Jean-Luc Kaboré, M. Gabrielle Pagé, Gregg Moor, Maria Hudspith, and Manon Choinière are the winners of the Ronald Melzack–Canadian Journal of Pain 2021 Paper of the Year Award for their article titled “‘They think you’re trying to get the drug’: Qualitative investigation of chronic pain patients’ health care experiences during the opioid overdose epidemic in Canada.” Dr. Dassieu received the accolade from Dr. Loren Martin, who, on behalf of Dr. Lynn Gauthier, chair of the Canadian Pain Society’s (CPS) Awards Committee, announced the winning article at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the CPS in Montréal, Quebec—the first face-to-face CPS meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The winning paper was selected from all original articles published in the Journal in 2021 and was determined by the Editor-inChief based on rankings from the Journal Editorial Board members, who considered originality, novelty, quality, and potential impact when submitting their votes. The winning article documents the ongoing harms done to Canadians with chronic pain in the wake of the 2017 Canadian “Guideline for Opioid Therapy and Chronic Non-Cancer Pain,” which introduced strict dose limits for people taking opioids, fostered a climate of fear among prescribers, and opened a Pandora’s box of anguish and helplessness among patients. Dassieu and colleagues conducted a qualitative study examining the impact of the opioid epidemic on…
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