Understanding caregiver judgments of infant pain: Contrasts of parents, nurses and pediatricians

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-496

  Pillai Riddell, Rebecca R ^a,b   Horton, Rachel E ^a   Hillgrove, Jessica ^a   Craig, Kenneth D ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Caregivers; Infant; Judgment; Pain

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; JUDGMENT; MALE; NURSES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 64249129239     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/694745     Document Type: Article

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