Knowledge, attitudes and practice of clinicians managing chronic pain in a tertiary care facility.
Background: Chronic pain is a common clinical symptom and has a high socio-economic and health burden on patients, clinicians and the healthcare sector. Globally, clinicians continue to exhibit limited knowledge, negative attitudes and misconceptions about chronic pain, raising public health concern...
| Publicado en: | South African Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6 |
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2022
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