What factors affect physicians' decisions to prescribe opioids for chronic noncancer pain patients?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 330-336

  Turk, Dennis C ^a   Okifuji, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective distress; Decision making; Functional activities; Opioid prescription; Pain behaviors; Prescribing practices

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0031445575     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199712000-00011     Document Type: Article

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