Understanding inadequate pain management in the clinical setting: The value of the sequential explanatory mixed method study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-131

  Carr, Eloise C J ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Nurses; Nursing; Pain management; Postoperative; Practice

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57649187544     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02428.x     Document Type: Article

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