Involvement of medical staff in the assessment of pain

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-290

  Steffen, Christoph ^a   Salomon, Laurence ^a   Tcherny Lessenot, Stéphanie ^a   Brucker, Gilles ^a   Le Vu, Stéphane ^a   Rosenheim, Michel ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARIS;

EID: 0036759917     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00491-8     Document Type: Letter

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