White cancer patients' perception of gender and ethnic differences in pain experience

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-452

  Im, Eun Ok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Culture; Ethnicity; Gender; Pain; White

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33845408546     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200611000-00002     Document Type: Article

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