Discounting pain in the absence of medical evidence is explained by negative evaluation of the patient

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 669-676

  Ruddere, Lies De ^a   Goubert, Liesbet ^a   Stevens, Michaël ^a   De C Williams, Amanda C ^b   Crombez, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual information; Observers; Pain behavior; Pain estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; VIDEORECORDING; VIGNETTE;

EID: 84878011592     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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