Attitudinal barriers to cancer pain management in the Icelandic population

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Gunnarsdottir, Sigridur ^a,c   Ward, Sandra ^b   Serlin, Ronald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Attitudinal barriers; Barriers questionnaire; Cancer pain; Lay attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 44449087953     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305706.91787.8e     Document Type: Article

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