Pain measurement tools and methods in clinical research in palliative care: Recommendations of an Expert Working Group of the European Association of Palliative Care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-255

  Caraceni, Augusto ^a   Cherny, Nathan ^b   Fainsinger, Robin ^c   Kaasa, Stein ^d   Poulain, Philippe ^e   Radbruch, Lukas ^f   De Conno, Franco ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Pain; Pain measurement; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINAL CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EUROPE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES;

EID: 0036119093     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00409-2     Document Type: Article

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