Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Women After Breast Cancer Treatment

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 197-205

  Bokhari, Fozia ^a   Sawatzky, Jo Ann V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEURALGIA; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NEURALGIA; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 70449869796     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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