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A biopsychosocial-spiritual model of chronic pain in adults with sickle cell disease.
Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses - 1 Dec 2013
Taylor Lou Ella V, Stotts Nancy A, Humphreys Janice, Treadwell Marsha J, Miaskowski Christine
Abstract excerpt
Chronic pain in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) is a complex multidimensional experience that includes biologic, psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual factors. To date, three models of pain associated with SCD (i.e., biomedical model, biopsychosocial model for SCD pain, and Health Beliefs Model) have been published. The biopsychosocial multidimensional approach to chronic pain developed by Turk and Gatchel...
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