Pain severity, satisfaction with pain management, and patient-related barriers to pain management in patients with cancer in Israel.

@article{Naveh2011PainSS,
  title={Pain severity, satisfaction with pain management, and patient-related barriers to pain management in patients with cancer in Israel.},
  author={Pnina Naveh and Rinati Leshem and Yossi Freier Dror and Catherine F. Musgrave},
  journal={Oncology nursing forum},
  year={2011},
  volume={38 4},
  pages={
          E305-13
        }
}
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine pain severity, satisfaction with pain management, and patient-related barriers to pain management among patients with cancer in oncology units at a teaching hospital in Israel. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design. SETTING Oncology, hematology, and bone marrow trans-plantation (BMT) departments; oncology, hematology, and BMT daycare units; and a radiation department in an Israeli hospital. SAMPLE Nonprobability convenience sample (N=144… 
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