The pain of low status: The relationship between subjective socio-economic status and analgesic prescriptions in a Scottish community sample

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 27-37

  Wakefield, Juliet Ruth Helen ^a   Sani, Fabio ^a   Madhok, Vishnu ^a   Norbury, Michael ^b   Dugard, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b past Chair of RCGP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Health; Objective socio economic status; Pain; Psychosocial determinants of pain; Socio economic status; Subjective socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947027943     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2015.1009377     Document Type: Article

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