Community hospital physician and nurse attitudes about pain management

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Visina, Charles E ^a   Chen, Jiin ^a   Gerthoffer, Tracey D ^c   Biggs, Ronna ^b   Ting, Daniel ^c  

^a Medical Center of Lewisville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Nurse; Pain management; Patient; Physician; Survey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0042236781     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/J354v17n02_04     Document Type: Review

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