Acknowledging stigma: Its presence in patient care and medical education

Affiliations

¹ Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont, Co-chair of Project ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain, and Co-chair of the Canadian Pain Society Education Special Interest Group.
² Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
³ Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo. lisa.graves@med.wmich.edu.
⁴ Physician Advisor in Professional Development and Practice Support at the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont.

Case Reports

Ruth E Dubin et al. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;63(12):906-908.

¹ Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont, Co-chair of Project ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain, and Co-chair of the Canadian Pain Society Education Special Interest Group.
² Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
³ Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo. lisa.graves@med.wmich.edu.
⁴ Physician Advisor in Professional Development and Practice Support at the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont.

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Comment in

Acknowledging stigma.
Bouchard LE, MacLean R. Bouchard LE, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Feb;64(2):91-92. Can Fam Physician. 2018. PMID: 29449229 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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