The influence of patient sex, provider sex, and sexist attitudes on pain treatment decisions

Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 551-559

  Hirsh, Adam T ^a   Hollingshead, Nicole A ^a   Matthias, Marianne S ^b,c   Bair, Matthew J ^b,c,d   Kroenke, Kurt ^b,c,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; Pain treatment; sex differences; sexist attitudes; virtual technology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBIVALENT SEXISM INVENTORY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NARRATION; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXISM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84899658912     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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