Do Patients' Beliefs Act as Barriers to Effective Pain Management Behaviors and Outcomes in Patients With Cancer-Related or Noncancer-Related Pain?

Ree Dawson

Deborah E. Sellers

Judith A. Spross

Erica S. Jablonski

Doris R. Hoyer

Mildred Z. Solomon

ONF 2005, 32(2), 363-374. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.363-374

Purpose/Objectives: To understand the role of patients' beliefs in pain management in a cancer population treated in a primary care setting.

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