What do patients expect from their first visit to a pain clinic?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Petrie, Keith J ^a   Frampton, Tim ^a   Large, Robert G ^a   Moss Morris, Rona ^a   Johnson, Malcolm ^a   Meechan, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pain clinic; Patient attitudes; Patient expectations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PAIN CLINIC; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANALGESICS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 21144436861     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000113058.92184.74     Document Type: Article

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