A systematic meta-review of hypnosis as an empirically supported treatment for pain

Pain Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 47-73

  Hawkins, Russell M F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BURN; CANCER PAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHESIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035783364     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0968130201pr175ra     Document Type: Review

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