Assessment of postoperative pain: Impact of clinical experience and professional role

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-344

  Sjostrom B ^a,c   Haljamae H ^a   Dahlgren, L O ^b   Lindstrom B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Advanced Nursing Education ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical experience; Pain assessment; Postoperative pain; Strategies; VAS scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030894342     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04695.x     Document Type: Article

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