Introduction Pain is one of the most commonly reported symptoms in people living with
HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). However, wide ranges of pain prevalence have been reported, making …

Quality measurement in health care is complex and in a constant state of evolution. Different
approaches are necessary depending on the purpose of the measurement (eg …

The prevalence, severity, and clinical significance of physical and emotional symptoms in
patients who are on maintenance hemodialysis remain incompletely characterized. This …

Background Almost five decades ago, governments around the world adopted the 1961
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which, in addition to addressing the control of illicit …

A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted in nationally representative probability
sample of non-Hispanic white subjects, non-Hispanic African American subjects, and …

Pain is common among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), but little is known about
chronic pain in socioeconomically disadvantaged HIV-infected populations with high rates of …

Dr. William Breitbart, chief of the Psychiatry Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York City, describes his current research on a meaning-centered …

Abstract Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) experience multiple disease-related
complications, but few studies have examined relationships between these events and …

Symptom distress is an important but poorly characterized aspect of quality of life in AIDS
patients. To assess and characterize the symptoms and symptom distress associated with …

Studies on the psychosocial impact of neuropathic pain conditions, including postherpetic
neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome, post spinal cord injury …