Engendering pain management practices: The role of physician sex on chronic low-back pain assessment and treatment prescriptions

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 931-940

  Bernardes, Sónia F ^a   Costa, Margarida ^a   Carvalho, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

chronic low back pain; Gender biases; general practitioners; pain management practices

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENT; SEX; VIGNETTE;

CHRONIC LOW-BACK PAIN; GENDER BIASES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; PAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883794078     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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