Physicians Being Deceived

Commentary on Jung and Reidenberg's "Physicians being deceived": aberrant drug-taking behaviors: what pain physicians can know (or should know).

Jung and Reidenberg have once again touched a nerve in their piece: Physicians Being Deceived. Always with a knack for highlighting key controversies in the medico-legal arena, they are to be applauded for this contribution that brings data to bear on an issue that has heretofore been subject to changing legal and regulatory currents without being informed by science. Physicians have more and m...

Who is being deceived? The experimental demands of wearing a backpack.

A growing literature argues that wearing a heavy backpack makes slopes look steeper and distances seem longer (e.g., Proffitt, 2006). To test for effects of experimental demand characteristics in a backpack experiment, we manipulated the experimental demand of the backpack and then used a postexperiment questionnaire to assess participants' beliefs about the purpose of the backpack. For partici...

In press : Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Who is being deceived ? The experimental demands of wearing a backpack

A growing literature argues that wearing a heavy backpack makes slopes look steeper and distances farther (e.g., Proffitt, 2006). To test for effects of experimental demand characteristics in a backpack experiment, we manipulated the experimental demand of the backpack and then used a postexperiment questionnaire to assess participants' beliefs about the purpose of the backpack. For participant...

Job related affective well-being among primary health care physicians.

BACKGROUND Job related affective well-being is important for a healthy life and job satisfaction for all individuals, including physicians. The later group, however, is most often compromised. OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate a group of Turkish primary health care physicians' job related emotional perceptions and to assess their reactions in terms of stress, anxiety and depression. METHOD...

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