Chronic pain and health inequalities: why we need to act

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
² General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Director of Public Health and Health Policy, NHS Lanarkshire, Bothwell, UK.
⁴ Therapies Department , Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, UK.

Editorial

Cassandra Macgregor et al. Scand J Pain. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 21;23(2):225-227.

doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2022-0148. Print 2023 Apr 25.

¹ Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
² General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Director of Public Health and Health Policy, NHS Lanarkshire, Bothwell, UK.
⁴ Therapies Department , Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, UK.

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Comment on

Inequalities and inequities in the types of chronic pain services available in areas of differing deprivation across England.
Jain S, Jadwani V, Spogmy S, Walumbe J. Jain S, et al. Scand J Pain. 2022 May 2;23(1):168-174. doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2022-0015. Print 2023 Jan 27. Scand J Pain. 2022. PMID: 35503225

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