Doctors with a special interest in back pain have poorer knowledge about how to treat back pain

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1218-1226

  Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a,b,d   Staples, Margaret ^a,b   Jolley, Damien ^c  

^a CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Continuing medical education; Cross sectional study; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 67650309771     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318195d688     Document Type: Article

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