Treating pain with hypnosis

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 252-255

  Patterson, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Pain; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144293478     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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