Impact of Physicians' Sex on Treatment Choices for Low Back Pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451-458

  Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S ^a   Karhof, Steffi ^a   Leenders, Marianne E C ^a   Karsch, Anne Mieke ^a   van Wijck, Albert J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender concordance; Low back pain; Pain management; Pain physician; Sex differences; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84880039447     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12015     Document Type: Article

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