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Comment on: “Difficult Conversations: Training Medical Students to Assess, Educate, and Treat the Patient with Chronic Pain”

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This work was supported by a VA Career Development grant awarded to Brandon C. Yarns, MD, MS.

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  1. VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Brandon C. Yarns

  2. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Brandon C. Yarns

  3. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Mark A. Lumley

  4. Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, USA

    Howard Schubiner

  5. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Howard Schubiner

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Yarns, B.C., Lumley, M.A. & Schubiner, H. Comment on: “Difficult Conversations: Training Medical Students to Assess, Educate, and Treat the Patient with Chronic Pain”. Acad Psychiatry 44, 111–112 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-019-01143-6

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