Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 235-246 , September 2008

A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Efficacy of an HIV/AIDS Symptom Management Manual

  • Dean J. Wantland, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dean J. Wantland, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 2 Koret Way PO Box 0608, #N511Q, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, USA.
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  • William L. Holzemer, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Shahnaz Moezzi, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • Suzanne S. Willard, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • John Arudo, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Kenn M. Kirksey, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • SETON Family of Hospitals, Austin, Texas, USA
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  • Carmen J. Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Inge B. Corless, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • María E. Rosa, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico
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  • Linda L. Robinson, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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  • Patrice K. Nicholas, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Mary Jane Hamilton, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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  • Elizabeth F. Sefcik, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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  • Sarie Human, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Marta M. Rivero, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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  • Mary Maryland, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Emily Huang, BS

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

,Accepted 27 October 2007.

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PII: S0885-3924(08)00133-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.011

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 235-246 , September 2008

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