Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 48-55 , March 2009

Nursing Pain Management—A Qualitative Interview Study of Patients with Pain, Hospitalized for Cancer Treatment

  • Tone Rustøen, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Professor Tone Rustøen, Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, N-0027 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Torill Gaardsrud, RN

      Affiliations

    • Pain Clinic, Cancer Clinic Radiumhospitalet, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Marit Leegaard, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Astrid K. Wahl, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Section of Health Science, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Received 29 March 2008 ,Revised 6 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 September 2008.

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PII: S1524-9042(08)00153-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.09.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 48-55 , March 2009

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