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Self-efficacy for managing pain, symptoms, and function in patients with lung cancer and their informal caregivers: Associations with symptoms and distress

  • Laura S. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, 2200 West Main Street, Suite 340, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 416 3436; fax: +1 919 416 3458.
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  • Francis J. Keefe

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, 2200 West Main Street, Suite 340, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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  • Jennifer Garst

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, 2200 West Main Street, Suite 340, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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  • Colleen M. McBride

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health, USA
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  • Donald Baucom

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Received 3 November 2006 ,Revised 11 September 2007 ,Accepted 11 September 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00518-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.09.010

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