'The most disgusting ever': Children's pain descriptions and views of the purpose of pain

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-227

  Kortesluoma, Riitta Liisa ^a   Nikkonen, Merja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Description; Pain; Purpose; View

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMBOLISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMBOLISM; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750616030     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493506066482     Document Type: Article

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