Patients' and nurses' assessment of cancer pain

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Hovi, S L ^a   Lauri, Sirkka ^b  

^a Health Services Research Unit   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Comparative study; Nurses' pain knowledge; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033288882     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1999.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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