Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 369-382 , May 2002

Putting Cancer Pain Management Regimens into Practice at Home

  • Karen L Schumacher, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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  • Setsuko Koresawa, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Claudia West, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher Hawkins, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Carol Johnson, RN, BS
    • ,
  • Evalyn Wais, RN, BS

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Marylin Dodd, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Steven M Paul, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Debu Tripathy, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Peter Koo, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Box 0610, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610, USA

,Accepted 4 September 2001.

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 369-382 , May 2002

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