{"title":"GPs should trust musculoskeletal clinicians’ expertise","authors":"Judith M Neaves","doi":"10.1136/bmj.q2779","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mathew is correct that patients need to understand what is causing musculoskeletal symptoms; she is wrong that the diagnosis lies in expensive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).1 The advanced nurse practitioners, extended scope physiotherapists, and musculoskeletal physicians in specialty clinics usually do have the understanding of musculoskeletal symptoms and management. What they might need to …","PeriodicalId":22388,"journal":{"name":"The BMJ","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The BMJ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2779","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mathew is correct that patients need to understand what is causing musculoskeletal symptoms; she is wrong that the diagnosis lies in expensive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).1 The advanced nurse practitioners, extended scope physiotherapists, and musculoskeletal physicians in specialty clinics usually do have the understanding of musculoskeletal symptoms and management. What they might need to …