Aging: Are these 4 pain myths complicating care?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 666-670

  Thielke, Stephen ^a   Sale, Joanna ^b   Reid, M Carrington ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOTYPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84883070606     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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