Spine update behavioral responses to examination: A reappraisal of the interpretation of 'nonorganic signs'

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2367-2371

  Main, Chris J ^a   Waddell, Gordon ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINE; ARTICLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALINGERING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALINGERING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0032198612     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199811010-00025     Document Type: Review

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