Group Interprofessional Chronic Pain Management in the Primary Care Setting: A Pilot Study of Feasibility and Effectiveness in a Family Health Team in Ontario

Ricardo N Angeles; Dale Guenter; Lisa McCarthy; Martha Bauer; Miriam Wolfson; Maria Chacon; Lana Bullock

doi:10.1155/2013/491279

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

Group Interprofessional Chronic Pain Management in the Primary Care Setting: A Pilot Study of Feasibility and Effectiveness in a Family Health Team in Ontario

Ricardo N Angeles,
Dale Guenter,
Lisa McCarthy,
Martha Bauer,
Miriam Wolfson,
Maria Chacon,
Lana Bullock

Affiliations

Ricardo N Angeles: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Dale Guenter: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Lisa McCarthy: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Martha Bauer: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Miriam Wolfson: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Maria Chacon: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Lana Bullock: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/491279
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 5
pp. 237 – 242

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Approximately 18.9% of Canadians live with chronic pain. Primary care reform in Ontario presents unique opportunities to assess approaches to help these patients.

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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