Pain scores: Are the numbers adding up to quality patient care and improved pain control?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 371-372

  Burgess, Frederick W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING CARE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAL SIGN;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33749052570     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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