Describing chronic pain: Towards bilingual practice

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 889-902

  Roberts, Gwerfyl ^a   Kent, Bridie ^a   Prys, Delyth ^a   Lewis, Rhian ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Wales NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilingual; Chronic pain assessment; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Suffering; Welsh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY;

EID: 0142089700     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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