Undertreating pain in women: A risky practice

Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-13

  Hoffmann, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PREJUDICE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036245087     PISSN: 15237036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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