A Tale of Two Countries: Comparison of the Perceptions of Analgesics Among Finnish and American Parents

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 113-119

  Kankkunen, Päivi M ^a   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri M ^a   Pietilä, Anna Maija K ^a   Kokki, Hannu ^a   Grey, Margaret ^b   Kain, Zeev N ^c   Zisk, Rachel Y ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48949092420     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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