Pain assessment in critical care: What have we learnt from research

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-162

  Shannon, Kathleen ^a   Bucknall, Tracey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Documentation; Pain assessment; Research

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0037534076     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(03)00027-2     Document Type: Review

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