Physiatry, Pain Management, and the Opioid Crisis: A Focus on Function.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

From the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (MP); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, California (DP); Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (WER); Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California (JH); Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York (CV); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (MG-F); Association of Academic Physiatrists, Owings Mills, Maryland (TK); and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (JW).

Published: November 2018

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