The Journal of Pain
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 624-636 , August 2007

People in Pain: How Do They Seek Relief?

  • Qiuling Shi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Gary Langer

      Affiliations

    • ABC News Polling Unit, New York, New York.
    • ,
  • Jon Cohen

      Affiliations

    • ABC News Polling Unit, New York, New York.
    • Jon Cohen is currently Director of Polling for The Washington Post, Washington, D. C.
    • ,
  • Charles S. Cleeland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Charles S. Cleeland, PhD, Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 221, Houston, TX 77030.

Received 12 September 2006 ,Revised 5 March 2007 ,Accepted 21 March 2007.

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 Supported by the Hawn Foundation Training Program in Symptom Research, ABC News, Stanford University Medical Center, and USA Today.

PII: S1526-5900(07)00642-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.03.006

The Journal of Pain
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 624-636 , August 2007

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