Learning disability nurses' experiences of being with clients who may be in pain

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 458-466

  Donovan, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disabilities; Nonverbal communication; Nursing; Pain; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORIENTATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; KINESIS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036616867     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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