Assessment and management of pain in older adults: A review of the basics

Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bruckenthal, Patricia ^a,b   D'Arcy, Yvonne M ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health Systems ^*  (United States)

^c SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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