Physician judgments of chronic pain patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1199-1205

  Tait, Raymond C ^a,b   Chibnall, John T ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SSM Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chronic pain; Medical decision making; Physician judgment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0030961097     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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