Primary Care Physicians’ Perceptions of the Challenges and Barriers in the Timely Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Fibromyalgia

Nandini Hadker; Suchita Garg; Arthi B Chandran; Sheila M Crean; Michael McNett; Stuart L Silverman

doi:10.1155/2011/367059

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2011)

Primary Care Physicians’ Perceptions of the Challenges and Barriers in the Timely Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Fibromyalgia

Nandini Hadker,
Suchita Garg,
Arthi B Chandran,
Sheila M Crean,
Michael McNett,
Stuart L Silverman

Affiliations

Nandini Hadker: United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Suchita Garg: United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Arthi B Chandran: Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, USA
Sheila M Crean: United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Michael McNett: APAC Center for Pain Management, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Stuart L Silverman: University of California — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/367059
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 6
pp. 440 – 444

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To describe beliefs and practice patterns of primary care physicians (PCPs) providing fibromyalgia (FM) care, and to characterize differences between PCPs who report being able to provide timely and beneficial care versus the remaining PCPs.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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