The cancer pain experience of Israeli and American patients 65 years and older

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-263

  Cohen, Marlene Z ^a,b,c   Musgrave, Catherine F ^d   Munsell, Mark F ^b   Mendoza, Tito R ^b   Gips, Maya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital   (United States)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Culture; Older adults; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144482030     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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