Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2735200 | The Journal of Pain | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Accurate assessment of patients' pain is critical to effective pain management and treatment planning. This study found evidence of a status-based bias in which physicians elicited lower ratings of previously experienced pain associated with treatment procedures than did staff members of lower status.
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Authors
David A. Williams, Karen M. Park, Kirsten R. Ambrose, Daniel J. Clauw,