Postoperative patient-controlled analgesia (PCA): How much control and how much analgesia?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 753-770

  Shiloh, Shoshana ^a   Zukerman, Gil ^a   Butin, Berta ^b   Deutch, Anna ^b   Yardeni, Israel ^b   Benyamini, Yael ^a   Beilin, Benzion ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Patient controlled analgesia; Perceived control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344063384     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0877044031000148255     Document Type: Article

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