Judging pain and disability: Effects of pain severity and physician specialty

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-224

  Tait, Raymond C ^a   Chibnall, John T ^a   Miller, Laura ^a   Werner, Chas A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison levels; Disability; Pain estimation; Pain severity; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79958290868     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9302-8     Document Type: Article

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