When you dislike patients, pain is taken less seriously

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2342-2347

  De Ruddere, Lies ^a   Goubert, Liesbet ^a   Prkachin, Ken Martin ^b   Louis Stevens, Michael André ^a   Van Ryckeghem, Dimitri Marcel Leon ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Observers; Pain estimation; Pain expression; Patients' likability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053209132     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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