The pain experience of Hispanic patients with cancer in the United States

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 861-868

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Guevara, Enrique ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38549103660     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.861-868     Document Type: Article

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