Pain, suffering, pain-related suffering "Are these constructs inextricably linked?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-355

  Turk, Dennis C ^a   Wilson, Hilary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 67649562970     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31819c62e7     Document Type: Editorial

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