Using virtual human technology to capture dentists' decision policies about pain

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-305

  Wandner, L D ^a   Hirsh, A T ^b   Torres, C A ^a   Lok, B C ^c   Scipio, C D ^d   Heft, M W ^e   Robinson, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; dentists; education; gender; pain management; race

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875730454     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034513480802     Document Type: Article

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