Pain and aging: A call to those with the power of inquiry, the skills to teach, and the desire to heal

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-59

  Weiner, Debra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 33644774498     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00090.x     Document Type: Editorial

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