Prevalence and Correlates of Pain in the Canadian National Palliative Care Survey

Affiliations

Keith G Wilson: Department of Psychology, The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Harvey Max Chochinov: Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, and The Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pierre Allard: Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Srini Chary: Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Pierre R Gagnon: Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
Karen Macmillan: Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Marina De Luca: BC Cancer Agency – Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Fiona O’Shea: Dr H Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
David Kuhl: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Robin L Fainsinger: Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pain is a common problem for people with cancer who are nearing the ends of their lives.