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Editorial
. 2023 Jun;17(3):222-225.
doi: 10.1177/20494637231180485. Epub 2023 May 30.

Delivering equitable pain care: Lessons from the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain

Cassandra Macgregor  1   2 , Christopher Seenan  1 , David N Blane  3
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Editorial

Delivering equitable pain care: Lessons from the Scottish Service Model for Chronic Pain

Cassandra Macgregor et al. Br J Pain. 2023 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: DNB is academic lead for the Scottish Deep End Project, a collaboration between academics and frontline primary care practitioners working in the most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in Scotland.

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