Elderly pain assessment and pain management knowledge of long-term care nurses

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 88-95

  Katsma, Diane L ^a,b   Souza, Christine Hamlow ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Nursing ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0034259888     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpmn.2000.9294     Document Type: Article

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