Pain with Life-Threatening Illness: Its Perception and Control Are Inextricably Linked with Quality of Life

This article describes how the quality of life of people with a life-threatening illness is affected by pain, and how their pain is influenced by all aspects of their quality of life. These aspects include the physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual and existential domains. This co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S Robin Cohen, Balfour M Mount
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2000-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/971487