Reimagining Pain Care: An invitation to rethink pain management

Authors

  • Jackie Walumbe Pain Management, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-015X
  • Sanja Maretic Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4433-0274

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59210/5vrhrp82

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2025-03-31

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Reimagining Pain Care: An invitation to rethink pain management. (2025). Pain and Rehabilitation, 54(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.59210/5vrhrp82