Massage for cancer Pain: A study with university and hospice collaboration

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Gorman, Geraldine ^a   Forest, Jeannine ^a   Stapleton, Stephen J ^a   Hoenig, Noreen A ^a   Marschke, Michael ^b   Durham, Jan ^b   Suarez, Marie L ^a   Wilkie, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

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EID: 70349199295     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NJH.0000319160.89854.ab     Document Type: Article

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