Assessing pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents: The state of the science and the state we're in

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-51

  Cadogan, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0037256578     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAM.0000046984.55866.25     Document Type: Editorial

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