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. 2025 Jun 25:12:1543434.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1543434. eCollection 2025.

Addressing treatment fatigue, therapeutic inertia, and cognitive dissonance in musculoskeletal pain management in primary care setting

Waseem Jerjes  1   2 , Daniel Harding  1   2 , Aidan Hilton  1   2
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Addressing treatment fatigue, therapeutic inertia, and cognitive dissonance in musculoskeletal pain management in primary care setting

Waseem Jerjes et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: cognitive dissonance; musculoskeletal pain; primary care; therapeutic inertia; treatment fatigue.

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