Challenge of improving postoperative pain management: Case studies of three acute pain services in the UK National Health Service

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 824-831

  Powell, A E ^a   Davies, H T O ^a   Bannister, J ^b   MacRae, W A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pain services; Organizational approaches; Postoperative pain management

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; POLITICS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 67649449201     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep066     Document Type: Article

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