TY - JOUR
T1 - Issues of Control in Patients with Cancer Pain
AU - Vallerand, April Hazard
AU - Ferrell, Betty Rolling
AU - Fowler-Kerry, Susan
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - The enhancement of patient control isfrequently cited in nursing literature as an important area of nursing intervention. In this article, the concept of control, from the perspective of the patient with cancer pain, the primary family caregiver, and the home-care nurse, is discussed. Lewis identifiedfive types of control: processual control, contingency control cognitive control, behavioral control, and existential control. Lewis's typology of control was used as an organizing analytical framework, in this study, for interpreting the interview responses of each member of the triad. Similarities and differences in the perspectives of each member are discussed and examples of interventions that may be used to increase control in the management of pain are presented.
AB - The enhancement of patient control isfrequently cited in nursing literature as an important area of nursing intervention. In this article, the concept of control, from the perspective of the patient with cancer pain, the primary family caregiver, and the home-care nurse, is discussed. Lewis identifiedfive types of control: processual control, contingency control cognitive control, behavioral control, and existential control. Lewis's typology of control was used as an organizing analytical framework, in this study, for interpreting the interview responses of each member of the triad. Similarities and differences in the perspectives of each member are discussed and examples of interventions that may be used to increase control in the management of pain are presented.
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U2 - 10.1177/019394599501700502
DO - 10.1177/019394599501700502
M3 - Article
C2 - 7571550
AN - SCOPUS:0029391580
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 17
SP - 467
EP - 483
JO - Western journal of nursing research
JF - Western journal of nursing research
IS - 5
ER -