Assessment and management of chronic pain in the older person living in the community

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Dewar, Anne ^a  

^a University of British Columbia's Vancouver Campus   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Domiciliary home community care nurses; Older people; Pain assessment; Pain instruments

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 39049188176     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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