Timing in the communication of pain among nursing home residents, nursing staff, and clinicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1508-1512

  Jenq, Grace Y ^a   Guo, Zhenchao ^a   Drickamer, Margaret ^a   Marottoli, Richard A ^a,b   Reid, M Carrington ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242758951     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.14.1508     Document Type: Review

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