Communicating pain: Do people share an understanding of the meaning of pain descriptors?

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-218

  Kenny, Dianna T ^a   Trevorrow, Tracy ^b   Heard, Robert ^a   Faunce, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU   (United States)

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EID: 33748551689     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060600726338     Document Type: Article

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