Reducing racial disparities in pain treatment: The role of empathy and perspective-taking

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1001-1006

  Drwecki, Brian B ^a   Moore, Colleen F ^a   Ward, Sandra E ^a   Prkachin, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disparities; Empathy; Experiment; Intervention; Medical decision making; Pain; Perspective taking; Racial bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954608626     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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