A Scoping Review of Gaps Identified by Primary Care Providers in Caring for Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain.

Virginia McEwen Mihal Michelle Esterlis Gianni R Lorello Abhimanyu Sud Marina F Englesakis Anuj Bhatia

Published in: Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur (2023)

This scoping review revealed common elements across the selected studies that will be useful in guiding creation of targeted supports for PCPs to manage CNCP. This review also yielded insights for pain clinicians at tertiary centers for supporting their PCP colleagues as well as systemic reforms required to support patients with CNCP.

Keyphrases

primary care
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
palliative care
single cell
spinal cord
drug delivery
general practice
drug induced