Knowledge and Attitudes of Turkish Oncology Nurses About Cancer Pain Management

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Yildirim, Yasemin Kuzeyli ^a   Cicek, Fadiloglu ^a   Uyar, Meltem ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 39749115653     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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