Pain measurement in older adults with head and neck cancer and communication impairments

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 425-433

  Rodriguez, Carmen S ^a   McMillan, Susan ^b   Yarandi, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Geriatric; Measurement; Pain assessment; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NECK CANCER; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 11844301275     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200411000-00001     Document Type: Article

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