AANA Journal Course: Update for nurse anesthetists - Part 5 - Gender and pain

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 475-480

  Criste, Amy ^a,b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University ^*

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Pain management; Provider bias

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PENTAZOCINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIST; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036985252     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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