Knowledge and attitudes about cancer pain management: A national survey of Italian hospice nurses

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bernardi, Matteo ^a   Catania, Gianluca ^b   Tridello, Gloria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Hospice nursing care; Nurses' pain attitudes; Nurses' pain knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE NURSING; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34147159809     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000265299.25017.24     Document Type: Article

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