The influence of sex, race, and age on pain assessment and treatment decisions using virtual human technology: A cross-national comparison

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 577-588

  Torres, Calia A ^a   Bartley, Emily J ^a   Wandner, Laura D ^a   Alqudah, Ashraf F ^b   Hirsh, Adam T ^c   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biase; Nationality; Pain disparities; Pain management; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL HUMAN TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84880851145     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S46295     Document Type: Article

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