Pharmacist-led management of chronic pain in primary care: Results from a randomised controlled exploratory trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bruhn, Hanne ^a   Bond, Christine M ^b   Elliott, Alison M ^b   Hannaford, Philip C ^b   Lee, Amanda J ^b   McNamee, Paul ^b   Smith, Blair H ^c   Watson, Margaret C ^b   Holland, Richard ^d   Wright, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 12; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84877699556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002361     Document Type: Article

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