Pain in children: Qualitative research of Finnish school-aged children's experiences of pain in hospital

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-28

  Pölkki, Tarja ^a   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^a   Rissanen, Lea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Experience of pain; Nursing; School aged children

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FINLAND; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; FINLAND; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033085183     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.1999.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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