Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 486-501 , March 2010

Reducing Patient Barriers to Pain and Fatigue Management

  • Tami Borneman, RN, MSN, CNS, FPCN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing Research & Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tami Borneman, RN, MSN, CNS, Division of Nursing Research & Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
    • ,
  • Marianna Koczywas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
    • ,
  • Virginia Chih-Yi Sun, RN, MSN, ANP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing Research & Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
    • ,
  • Barbara F. Piper, DNSc, RN, AOCN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, The University of Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
    • Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
    • ,
  • Gwen Uman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vital Research, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • ,
  • Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN, FPCN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing Research & Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA

,Accepted 29 August 2009.

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 This work was supported by grant R-01 CA115323 from the National Cancer Institute.

PII: S0885-3924(10)00088-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.08.007

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 486-501 , March 2010

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