Behavioral Approaches to Pain Management in the Elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-344

  Norelli, Lisa J ^a,b   Harju, Saila K ^c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Capital District Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MEDITATION; MIND BODY CONDITIONING; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PAIN; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW;

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PAIN; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 41149096671     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2007.12.010     Document Type: Review

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