Empathy: Necessary for effective pain management?

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Tait, Raymond C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPATHY; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 42049103210     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-008-0021-6     Document Type: Review

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