Physicians' pain management confidence versus competence

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Douglass, Mark A ^a   Sanchez, Gail M ^b   Alford, Daniel P ^b   Wilkes, Gail ^b   Greenwald, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain management; Physician confidence; Physician knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 68349114769     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2009.0017     Document Type: Article

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