What are the variables that are associated with the patient's wish to sue his physician in patients with acute and chronic pain?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1130-1142

  Fishbain, David A ^a,b,c,f   Bruns, Daniel ^d   Disorbio, John Mark ^e   Lewis, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center at Douglas Gardens   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Psychology Associates   (United States)

^e Integrated Therapies   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery for Health Improvement (BHI 2); Depression; Doctor Dissatisfaction Scale (DDS); Lawsuits; Litigation; Malpractice; Medicolegal; Patient Characteristics; Patient Physician Interaction; Patients; Predictor Variables Wish to Sue Physicians; Sue Physicians; Trust; Wishto Sue Physicians; Worker's Compensation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY FOR HEALT IMPROVEMENT VERSION 2 SCALE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; RATING SCALE; TRUST; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 56849125944     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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