The patients' experiences of their chronic non-malignant pain

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1160-1168

  Seers, Kate ^a   Friedli, Karin ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PAIN; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030339545     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01021.x     Document Type: Article

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