Evidence-based assessment and treatment of persistent pain in the community-dwelling elderly receiving home health services: A pathway

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-301

  Minner, Donna M ^a   Marek, Karen Dorman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged elderly; Chronic pain; Critical pathways; Evidence based; Home health care; Persistent pain; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449104948     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822304273382     Document Type: Article

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