Does knowledge of a patient's workers' compensation status influence clinical judgments?

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-107

  Simmonds, Maureen ^a   Kumar, Shrawan ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; bias; impairment; low back pain; prognosis; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; VIDEORECORDING; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0029948609     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110385     Document Type: Article

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