Effective reassurance in primary care of low back pain: What messages from clinicians are most beneficial at early stages?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-136

  Hasenbring, Monika I ^a   Pincus, Tamar ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

low back pain; primary care; reassurance

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NARRATIVE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROGNOSIS; REASSURANCE; EMPATHY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84921435418     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000097     Document Type: Article

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