"You Just Have to Make the Pain Go Away"-Children's Experiences of Pain Management

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kortesluoma, Riitta Liisa ^a   Nikkonen, Merja ^b   Serlo, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 56549110283     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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