Unrelieved Pain: An Ethical and Epistemological Analysis of Distrust in Patients

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-80

  Peter, Elizabeth ^a   Watt Watson, Judy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST;

ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST;

EID: 0036724982     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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