Age- and appearance-related stereotypes about patients undergoing a painful medical procedure

Pain Clinic

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-33

  Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   LaChapelle, Diane ^a   Hale, Carla ^a   MacLeod, Farley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Pain; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SOLDIER; STEREOTYPY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0033989796     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856900750228060     Document Type: Article

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