Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 33-40 , March 2011

Malingering? No Evidence in a Predominantly Hispanic Workers' Compensation Population with Chronic Pain

  • Kristynia M. Robinson, PhD, FNP-bc, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Kristynia M. Robinson, School of Nursing, University of Texas, El Paso, TX 79902.
    • ,
  • Jose J. Monsivais, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hand and Microsurgery Center of El Paso, El Paso, Texas

Received 17 March 2008 ,Revised 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 13 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.08.002

Pain Management Nursing
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