‘Two Pains Together’: Patient Perspectives on Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain while Living with HIV

Jessica S. Merlin; Melonie Walcott; Christine Ritchie; Ivan Herbey; Stefan G. Kertesz; Eric Chamot; Michael Saag; Janet M. Turan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111765

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‘Two Pains Together’: Patient Perspectives on Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain while Living with HIV

Jessica S. Merlin ,

* E-mail: jmerlin@uab.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Melonie Walcott,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Christine Ritchie,

Affiliations Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Jewish Home of San Francisco Center for Research on Aging, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Ivan Herbey,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Stefan G. Kertesz,

Affiliations Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Eric Chamot,

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Michael Saag,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Janet M. Turan

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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‘Two Pains Together’: Patient Perspectives on Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain while Living with HIV

Jessica S. Merlin,
Melonie Walcott,
Christine Ritchie,
Ivan Herbey,
Stefan G. Kertesz,
Eric Chamot,
Michael Saag,
Janet M. Turan

Published: November 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111765

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