Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 14-21 , March 2009

Racial Variation in Response to Music in a Sample of African-American and Caucasian Chronic Pain Patients

  • Sandra L. Siedlecki, PhD, RN, CNS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sandra L Siedlecki, PhD, RN, CNS, 9500 Euclid Ave P32, Cleveland, Ohio 44195

Received 23 April 2008 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 August 2008.

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 Supported by grants from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Association at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Delta Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau; and NRSA (NINR) NIH #1F31 NRO 7565.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00146-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.08.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 14-21 , March 2009

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