Improving the quality of pain treatment by a tailored pain education programme for cancer patients in chronic pain

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 241-256

  de Wit, Rianne ^a,b,c   van Dam, Frits ^a   Loonstra, Simone ^a   Zandbelt, Linda ^a   van Buuren, Anneke ^a   van der Heijden, Karin ^a   Leenhouts, Gerleen ^a   Duivenvoorden, Hugo ^b   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^d  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Pain education; Pain management; Pain treatment; Randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034810617     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eujp.2001.0239     Document Type: Article

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