Joseph M Merrill
Biographic Data
| ID | 7121542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph M Merrill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph M |
| FAMILY NAME | Merrill |
| SIGNATURE | MERRILL J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Substance Abusers
Substance abuse continues to be a major health problem compounded by caregivers' negative attitudes toward these patients. We investigated attributions 55 primary care physicians and 315 senior medical students make toward substance abusers. Half of both groups expressed negative causal attributions, with women slightly less negative than men. Mental models based on LISREL regression coefficients showed that higher negative attributions by both p…
Measuring Medical Students' Reluctance to Prescribe Opioids for Cancer Pain
Among 644 senior medical students a 14-item scale which was internally consistent indicated no change over the 6 years of testing in intent to reserve opioids for terminally ill
Measuring Social Desirability among Senior Medical Students
The purpose of the study was to assess the role of medical students' social desirability scores on influencing their attitudes toward either a geriatric or hypochondriac patient. To carry out this investigation, we developed a social desirability scale that was domain-specific for medicine. Students' medical social desirability scores predicted negative attitudes and beliefs toward the geriatric but not the hypochondriac patient. This difference …
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Measuring Social Desirability among Senior Medical Students
The purpose of the study was to assess the role of medical students' social desirability scores on influencing their attitudes toward either a geriatric or hypochondriac patient. To carry out this investigation, we developed a social desirability scale that was domain-specific for medicine. Students' medical social desirability scores predicted negative attitudes and beliefs toward the geriatric but not the hypochondriac patient. This difference …
Measuring Medical Students' Reluctance to Prescribe Opioids for Cancer Pain
Among 644 senior medical students a 14-item scale which was internally consistent indicated no change over the 6 years of testing in intent to reserve opioids for terminally ill
Substance Abusers
Substance abuse continues to be a major health problem compounded by caregivers' negative attitudes toward these patients. We investigated attributions 55 primary care physicians and 315 senior medical students make toward substance abusers. Half of both groups expressed negative causal attributions, with women slightly less negative than men. Mental models based on LISREL regression coefficients showed that higher negative attributions by both p…
Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Attribution (1 work)