Ethnic differences in pain perception

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Cleland, Joshua A ^a,b   Palmer, Jessica A ^a   Venzke, Jane Walter ^a  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Rehabilitation Services of Concord Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ETHNICITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848854896     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/108331905X55749     Document Type: Review

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