Musculoskeletal healthcare: Have we over-egged the pudding?

Christopher G Maher^{1

2}, Mary O'Keeffe^{1

2}, Rachelle Buchbinder^{3

4}, I A Harris^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁵ South Western Sydney Clinical School, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Editorial

Christopher G Maher et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;22(11):1957-1960.

doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13710.

Christopher G Maher^{1

2}, Mary O'Keeffe^{1

2}, Rachelle Buchbinder^{3

4}, I A Harris^{1

2

5}

¹ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁵ South Western Sydney Clinical School, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

No abstract available

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