Disparities between black and white patients with cancer pain: The effect of perception of control over pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-250

  Vallerand, April Hazard ^a   Hasenau, Susan ^b   Templin, Thomas ^a   Collins Bohler, Deborah ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MADONNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Pain; Pain related distress; Perception of control over pain; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION;

EID: 22144443146     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05038.x     Document Type: Article

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