Talking on the telephone with people who have experienced pain in hospital: Clinical audit or research?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 194-200

  Carr, Eloise C J ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Continuous improvement; Ethics; Interview; Pain; Research methodology; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; ENGLAND; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING AUDIT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032602886     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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