Interventions in chronic pain management. 1. Pain concepts, assessment, and medicolegal issues

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Lacerte, Michel ^a   Shah, Rinoo V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Disability; Expert witness; Illness behavior; Nociceptors; Pain; Patient care management; Rehabilitation; Suffering, physical

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0037337750     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50048     Document Type: Article

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