General Practitioners' attitudes and beliefs regarding the management of chronic low back pain in Ireland: A cross-sectional national survey

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 542-549

  Fullen, Brona M ^a   Baxter, G David ^b   Doody, Catherine ^a   Daly, Leslie E ^a   Hurley, Deirdre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

attitudes and beliefs; chronic low back pain; general practitioners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS SCALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 79958803242     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31821771e2     Document Type: Article

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