Pain drawings and concepts of pain among patients with "half-body" complaints

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Löfvander, Monica ^a,b   Lindström, Maria Alsén ^c,d   Masich, Valentina ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Rinkeby Health Centre   (Sweden)

^c Skönsbergs Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^d Primary Health Care Research Centre in Western Norrland   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Doctor patient relations; Pain concepts; Primary care; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEMANTICS; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 34248194380     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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