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A 45-year-old woman referred for an independent medical evaluation by her insurer
Jason W. Busse, Sturla E. Bruun-Meyer, Shanil Ebrahim and Regina Kunz
CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E627-E630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130863
Jason W. Busse
Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Busse, Ebrahim) and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Busse, Ebrahim), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Bruun-Meyer), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine (Ebrahim), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine, University Hospital Basel (Kunz), Basel, Switzerland
DC PhDSturla E. Bruun-Meyer
Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Busse, Ebrahim) and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Busse, Ebrahim), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Bruun-Meyer), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine (Ebrahim), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine, University Hospital Basel (Kunz), Basel, Switzerland
MBBCh MRCPsych(UK)Shanil Ebrahim
Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Busse, Ebrahim) and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Busse, Ebrahim), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Bruun-Meyer), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine (Ebrahim), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine, University Hospital Basel (Kunz), Basel, Switzerland
PhDRegina Kunz
Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (Busse), Department of Anesthesia (Busse, Ebrahim) and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Busse, Ebrahim), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Bruun-Meyer), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine (Ebrahim), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; Swiss Academy of Insurance Medicine, University Hospital Basel (Kunz), Basel, Switzerland
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A 45-year-old woman referred for an independent medical evaluation by her insurer
Jason W. Busse, Sturla E. Bruun-Meyer, Shanil Ebrahim, Regina Kunz
CMAJ Nov 2014, 186 (16) E627-E630; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.130863
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