Difficult Chronic Pain Clinical Encounters Are Common and Not Easy for the Clinician.

Mayo Clin Proc

Department of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: January 2025

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