Hypnosis for Acute Procedural Pain: A Critical Review

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-115

  Kendrick, Cassie ^a   Sliwinski, Jim ^a   Yu, Yimin ^a   Johnson, Aimee ^a   Fisher, William ^a   Kekecs, Zoltán ^a   Elkins, Gary ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; EMLA; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MINOR SURGERY; PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEIN PUNCTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SURGERY;

ACUTE PAIN; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOSIS, ANESTHETIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84948682835     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2015.1099405     Document Type: Review

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