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NICE on back pain
NICE outraged by ousting of pain society president
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3028 (Published 28 July 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3028
- Michael Rawlins, chairman1,
- Peter Littlejohns, clinical and public health director1
- 1National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), London WC1V 6NA
- nice{at}nice.org.uk
The British Pain Society has voted to force its president, Professor Paul Watson, out of office because some members disagreed with a recommendation in the recent guideline on low back pain from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) that he helped to develop.1 The society’s sustained campaign against a highly respected pain management …
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