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Serious Games for Political and Societal Change (3) Digital Pain Assessment and Management (232) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (761)

Published on in Vol 8, No 3 (2020): Jul-Sep

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17354, first published .
Designing a Virtual Reality Game for Promoting Empathy Toward Patients With Chronic Pain: Feasibility and Usability Study

Designing a Virtual Reality Game for Promoting Empathy Toward Patients With Chronic Pain: Feasibility and Usability Study

Designing a Virtual Reality Game for Promoting Empathy Toward Patients With Chronic Pain: Feasibility and Usability Study

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Xin Tong1 Author Orcid Image ;   Diane Gromala1 Author Orcid Image ;   Seyedeh Pegah Kiaei Ziabari1 Author Orcid Image ;   Christopher D Shaw1 Author Orcid Image
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