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Duckworth, M.P., Iezzi, T., Sewell, M.T. (2008). Assessing and Managing Chronic Pain in the Primary Care Setting. In: James, L.C., O’Donohue, W.T. (eds) The Primary Care Toolkit. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78971-2_13

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