Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 201-209 , February 2005

Preoperative coping strategies and distress predict postoperative pain and morphine consumption in women undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery

  • Lorenzo Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Science The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 243, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 745 4260; fax: +1 713 745 4286.
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  • Rachel T. Fouladi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Joel Katz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Received 18 September 2003 ,Accepted 20 July 2004.

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PII: S0022-3999(04)00548-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.07.007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 201-209 , February 2005

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