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Update in Pain Medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine volume 25, pages 1222–1226 (2010)Cite this article

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Acknowledgements

All authors are members of the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Pain Medicine Interest Group. This paper derives from the presentation “Update in Pain Medicine” at the 33rd annual meeting of SGIM on April 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The authors thank Joel Hoyte at Boston Medical Center for his administrative support in coordinating the submission of this manuscript. Drs. Bair and Krebs are supported by VA HSR&D Research Career Development Awards.

Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest

Dr. Bair has consulted for Abbott and Cephalon. The other authors reported no potential conflicts of interest.

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  1. Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Daniel P. Alford MD, MPH & Jane Liebschutz MD, MPH

  2. VA Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Erin E. Krebs MD, MPH & Matthew J. Bair MD, MS

  3. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Ian A. Chen MD, MPH

  4. Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Christina Nicolaidis MD, MPH

  5. Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Jane Liebschutz MD, MPH

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Alford, D.P., Krebs, E.E., Chen, I.A. et al. Update in Pain Medicine. J GEN INTERN MED 25, 1222–1226 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1452-4

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  • primary care
  • chronic pain
  • analgesics
  • opioids
  • complementary and alternative medicine