For the PACFiND Team2025-08-152025-08-152025-10For the PACFiND Team 2025, 'Chronicity rhetoric in health and welfare systems inhibits patient recovery : a qualitative, ethnographic study of fibromyalgia care', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 382, 118313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.1183130277-9536ORCID: /0000-0003-2322-3314/work/190040401ORCID: /0000-0003-0016-7591/work/190040526ORCID: /0000-0001-9968-5991/work/190040814ORCID: /0000-0002-8109-1930/work/190041145ORCID: /0000-0001-6558-7189/work/190041150https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25867Acknowledgements We are grateful for the input of Des Quinn (Fibromyalgia Action UK) and to patient partners— Debra Dulake, Martin Buchan, and Simon Stones. We acknowledge the support of the PACFiND study investigators and advisors, particularly Paul MacNamee, Peter Murchie, Rosemary Hollick and Gary Macfarlane, who commented on the manuscript prior to submission. The PACFiND study is funded by Versus Arthritis (Grant No. 21958).9593616engR MedicineHealth(social science)History and Philosophy of ScienceSupplementary DataDASRJournal article10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118313http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105008828791&partnerID=8YFLogxK382