Decision-making and paediatric pain: A review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 946-952

  Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^a   Hamers, Jan P H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Nursing; Paediatric pain

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0031278776     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00416.x     Document Type: Review

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