A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention on Hellenic nursing staff's knowledge and attitudes on cancer pain management

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 337-352

  Patiraki, Elisabeth I ^a   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D E ^a   Tafas, Cheryl ^b   Akarepi, Vasiliki ^c   Katsaragakis, Stelios G ^a   Kampitsi, Anjuleta ^c   Lemonidou, Chrysoula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UConn Health John Dempsy Hospital   (United States)

^c SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer pain; Education; Knowledge; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREECE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33751437978     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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