Is there a gender bias in recommendations for further rehabilitation in primary care of patients with chronic pain after an interdisciplinary team assessment?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 365-371

  Stålnacke, Britt Marie ^a   Haukenes, Inger ^a,b   Lehti, Arja ^a   Wiklund, Anncristine Fjellman ^a   Wiklund, Maria ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chronic pain; Gender; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXISM;

EID: 84935454295     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: 16512081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1936     Document Type: Article

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