Ways of talking about experiences of pain among older patients following orthopaedic surgery

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-359

  Bergh, Ingrid ^a   Jakobsson, Eva ^a   Sjöström, Björn ^a   Steen, Bertil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Expression of pain; Language; Older people; Pain; Qualitative interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744570732     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03607.x     Document Type: Article

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