The relationship of pain, uncertainty, and hope in Taiwanese lung cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 835-842

  Hsu, Tsui Hsia ^a,b   Lu, Meei Shiow ^a   Tsou, Tsung Shan ^c   Lin, Chia Chin ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hope; Lung cancer; Pain; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0042829005     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00257-4     Document Type: Article

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