Challenges in Pain Assessment

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Pasero, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION;

ANALGESICS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 58649097034     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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