Pain Management Nursing
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 94-103 , September 2002

From chronic pain patient to peer: Benefits and risks of volunteering

  • Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD, APRN, BC,

      Affiliations

    • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
    • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Manchester, NH
    • ,
  • Michelle Vidal, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
    • ,
  • Carol Wells-Federman, MS, MEd, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Manchester, NH
    • ,
  • Betty Morgan, RN, PhD(c)

      Affiliations

    • Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA
    • ,
  • Margaret Caudill, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Manchester, NH

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☆ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Paul Arnstein RN, PhD, FNP-C, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. E-mail: arnstein@bc.edu

☆☆ This study was supported in part from a Research Incentive Grant and a Research Expense Grant provided by Boston College.

PII: S1524-9042(02)00003-6

doi: 10.1053/jpmn.2002.126069

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 94-103 , September 2002

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