Analysis of complaints to a tertiary care pain clinic over a nine-year period

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Mailis Gagnon, Angela ^a   Nicholson, Keith ^a   Chaparro, Luis ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complaints; Pain clinic

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950507223     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/783078     Document Type: Article

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