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Health professionals' pain management decisions are influenced by their role (nurse or physician) and by patient gender, age and ethnicity

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Commentary on : Wandner LD, Heft MW, Lok BC, et al. The impact of patients’ gender, race, and age on health care professionals’ pain management decisions: an online survey using virtual human technology. Int J Nurs Stud 2014;51:726–33.[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3] A growing body of evidence documents the existence of pain management and treatment disparities by sex, race and age. For instance, racial and … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DInt%2BJ%2BNurs%2BStud%26rft.volume%253D51%26rft.spage%253D726%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1016%252Fj.ijnurstu.2013.09.011%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F24128374%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.09.011&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=24128374&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febnurs%2F18%2F2%2F58.atom

Source: Evidence-Based Nursing

DOI: 10.1136/eb-2014-101917

Authors: Sean M Phelan, Rachel R Hardeman

Institutions: Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Language: English

Topic: Pain Management and Opioid Use

Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases