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Acknowledgments

All authors are members of the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Pain Medicine Interest Group. The authors also wish to thank Amy Alawad at Boston Medical Center for her administrative support in coordinating the submission of this manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

Dr. Bair has received honoraria from CME Enterprises in an educational program sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. The other authors reported no potential conflicts of interest.

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  1. Boston University School of Medicine, Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

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

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

    Jane Liebschutz MD, MPH

  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. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Mukta Panda MD

  6. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

    Karina M. Berg MD, MS

  7. Legacy Portland Hospitals, Portland, OR, USA

    Jennifer Gibson MD

  8. Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA

    Michael Picchioni MD

  9. Roudebush VA Center of Excellence for Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Regenstrief Institute, and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Matthew J. Bair MD, MS

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This paper derives from the presentation: Update in Pain Medicine at the 30th annual session of SGIM, April 2007 in Toronto, Canada.

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Alford, D.P., Liebschutz, J., Chen, I.A. et al. Update in Pain Medicine. J GEN INTERN MED 23, 841–845 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0570-8

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