Use of the Greek McGill Pain Questionnaire in cancer patients

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a,b   Katsouda, Emmanuela ^b   Parpa, Efi ^b   Tsilika, Eleni ^b   Vlahos, Lambros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cancer; McGill Questionnaire; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; GREECE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1842450539     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.4.2.227     Document Type: Review

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