Cancer and breakthrough pain's impact on a diverse population

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-561

  Montague, Laura ^a   Green, Carmen R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough pain; Cancer pain; Gender; Health care and health policy; Pain management; Physician variability; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 65349096207     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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