Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 31-41 , March 2006

Knowing How to Play the Game: Hospitalized Substance Abusers’ Strategies for Obtaining Pain Relief

  • Betty D. Morgan, PhD, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Betty D. Morgan, PhD, APRN-BC, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell School of Health and Environment, Department of Nursing, 3 Solomont Way, Suite 2, Lowell, MA 01854.

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 This research was supported by two grants: American Society for Pain Management Nursing Eastern Massachusetts Chapter Research Grant 2002 and American Society for Pain Management Nursing Research Grant 2003.

PII: S1524-9042(05)00195-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2005.12.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 31-41 , March 2006

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