How useful are currently available tools for pain evaluation in elderly people with dementia? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 474-475

  Helme, Robert D ^a  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEDLINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

EID: 33747786686     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0268     Document Type: Short Survey

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