The Alberta Chronic Pain Ambassador Program

Chronic Pain: A Health Policy Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 265-272

  Taenzer, Paul ^a   Schopflocher, Donald ^b   Rashiq, Saifudin ^b   Harstall, Christa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Health technology assessment; Healthcare provider education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961093677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622665.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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