Is clinical relevance sometimes lost in summative scores?

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-353

  Hinds, Pamela S ^a   Schum, Lisa ^a   Srivastava, Deo Kumar ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036593779     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01945902024004004     Document Type: Article

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