The Influence of Gender and Race on Physicians' Pain Management Decisions

Journal of Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 505-510

  Weisse, Carol S ^a   Sorum, Paul C ^b   Dominguez, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Pain treatment; Race

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0346955910     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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