People in Pain: How Do They Seek Relief?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 624-636

  Shi, Qiuling ^a   Langer, Gary ^b   Cohen, Jon ^b   Cleeland, Charles S ^a  

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

^b ABC News   (United States)

Author keywords

National survey; pain; pain coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POPULATION; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547561773     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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