The fifth vital sign - What does it mean?

Pain Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 417-422

  Walid, Mohammad Sami ^a   Donahue, Stephen N ^b   Darmohray, Dana M ^b   Hyer Jr , Leon A ^c   Robinson Jr , Joe Sam ^c  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Objective; Pain scale; Subjective; Vital sign

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORIAL PAIN ASSESSMENT CARD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL SIGN;

HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 56349110916     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2008.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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