Patient pain in primary care: Factors that influence physician diagnosis

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-230

  Bertakis, Klea D ^a,b   Azari, Rahman ^b   Callahan, Edward J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Physician's practice patterns; Physician patient relations; Primary care; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAVIS OBSERVATION CODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL OUTCOMES STUDY SHORT FORM 36; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3242749164     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.66     Document Type: Review

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