Among emergency physicians, use of the term "Sickler" is associated with negative attitudes toward people with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 532-533

  Glassberg, Jeffrey ^a   Tanabe, Paula ^a   Richardson, Lynne ^a   Debaun, Michael ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSITIVE ATTITUDE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84878187433     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23441     Document Type: Letter

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