Good pain, bad pain: illness perception and physician attitudes towards rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia patients.

CONCLUSIONS: FM patients were perceived as more difficult than RA patients, with a high level of concern and emotional response. A high proportion of physicians were reluctant to accept them because they feel emotional/psychological difficulties meeting and coping with these patients. PMID: 33338002 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research