Accountability and empathy effects on medical students' clinical judgments in a disability determination context for low back pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 915-924

  Chibnall, John T ^a   Tait, Raymond C ^a   Jovel, Andres ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; Chronic low back pain; clinical judgments; disability; empathy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; READING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NARRATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; READING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84906938737     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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