Identifying exaggeration and malingering

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-102

  Iverson, Grant L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250201806     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00116.x     Document Type: Editorial

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