Postoperative pain and self-management: Women's experiences after cardiac surgery

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 476-485

  Leegaard, Marit ^a   Nåden, Dagfinn ^b   Fagermoen, May Solveig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Nursing; Postoperative pain; Qualitative research; Self management; Women

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX SURGERY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 49549114263     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04727.x     Document Type: Article

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