The Use of Pain Descriptors in Cancer Patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Holtan, Anders ^a,b   Kongsgaard, Ulf E ^b,c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

cancer; descriptors; McGill Pain Questionnaire; neuralgia; Pain; pain assessment; pain measurement; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN SENSITIVITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISCERAL PAIN;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67651177449     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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