The experience and expression of pain in Alzheimer patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 497-500

  Fisher Morris, Mary ^a   Gellatly, Angus ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer patients; Experience and expression of pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SENSATION;

EID: 0031439374     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.6.497     Document Type: Article

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