Chronic pain management: A qualitative study of elderly people's preferred coping strategies and barriers to management

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 2-14

  Lansbury, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033958161     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382800297079-1     Document Type: Article

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