Pain management by primary care physicians, pain physicians, chiropractors, and acupuncturists: A national survey

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 738-747

  Breuer, Brenda ^a   Cruciani, Ricardo ^a   Portenoy, Russell K ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acupuncturists; chiropractors; pain management; pain specialists; primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; METHADONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; TRAMADOL;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955468628     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181e74ede     Document Type: Article

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