The physician as disability advisor for patients with musculoskeletal complaints

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2579-2584

  Rainville, James ^a,b   Pransky, Glenn ^c   Indahl, Aage ^d   Mayer, Eric K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Disability; Discordance; Physician patient relationship; Physicians

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LAW; LOW BACK PAIN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; WORK;

COUNSELING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 27944486091     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000186589.69382.1d     Document Type: Review

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