Autor: Lisa Webster

Sandra LeFort, RN, PhD, is a registered nurse and researcher at the School of Nursing, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada where she teaches in the master”s and doctoral programs. She began working with people with pain problems in 1986 and developed the Chronic Pain Self-Management Program at McGill University in Montreal as part of her doctoral work. She partnered with Lisa Webster in 2006 and together have conducted numerous CPSMP training programs across Canada and the United States, in collaboration with Dr. Kate Lorig at Stanford University. Sandra lives in St. John”s, Newfoundland with her husband and two beautiful Labrador Retrievers. You can read more about Sandra at: http://www.mun.ca/nursing/grad/phd/index.php. Lisa Webster, RN, is the clinical manager of Pain Management Centre at Hamilton General Hospital. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Virginia González, MPH, is a health educator at the Stanford University School of Medicine”s Patient Education Research Center. She lives in San Jose, California. Kate Lorig, DrPH, is the director and an associate professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine”s Patient Education Research Center. She lives in Mountain View, California. Halsted Holman, MD, is a professor of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He lives in Stanford, California. David Sobel, MD, MPH, is the director of patient education and health promotion at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region. He lives in San Jose, California. Diana Laurent, MPH, is a health educator at the Stanford University School of Medicine”s Patient Education Research Center. She lives in Palo Alto, California. Marian Minor, RPT, PhD, is an assistant professor in the department of physical therapy at the University of Missouri. She lives in Columbia, Missouri.