Solicitousness and chronic pain: A critical review

Pain Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-27

  Newton John, Toby R O ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLICITOUSNESS; SPOUSE;

EID: 0344392136     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0968130202pr186ra     Document Type: Review

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