Partner-delivered reflexology: Effects on cancer pain and anxiety

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Stephenson, Nancy L N ^a   Swanson, Melvin ^a   Dalton, JoAnn ^b   Keefe, Frances J ^c   Engelke, Martha ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOUSE;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 34250348843     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.127-132     Document Type: Article

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