Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 55-63 , June 2007

Perceptions of Control Over Pain by Patients with Cancer and Their Caregivers

  • April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN, Wayne State University, College of Nursing, 5557 Cass Ave., Rm. 364 Cohn Bldg., Detroit, MI 48202.
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  • Mitzi M. Saunders, PhD, NP, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan.
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  • Maureen Anthony, PhD, NP, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan.

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 Funded by National Cancer Institute K22 CA87713-01.

PII: S1524-9042(07)00020-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.02.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 55-63 , June 2007

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