Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 276-282 , May 2008

Investigating Pain in Heart Failure Patients: Rationale and Design of the Pain Assessment, Incidence & Nature in Heart Failure (PAIN-HF) Study

  • Sarah J. Goodlin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Patient-centered Education and Research, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sarah J. Goodlin, MD, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, 36 South State Street, 21st Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.
    • ,
  • Sue Wingate, RN, DNSC, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic States, Silver Spring, Maryland
    • ,
  • Susan J. Pressler, DNS, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • John R. Teerlink, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • C. Porter Storey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, Denver, Colorado

Received 12 July 2007 ,Revised 16 January 2008 ,Accepted 17 January 2008.

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 All decisions regarding this manuscript were made by a guest editor.Funding for the PAIN-HF study was received from the Mayday Fund, New York, New York.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00026-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.01.008

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 276-282 , May 2008

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