Patient assessment: Pain scales and observation in clinical practice

Emergency Sedation and Pain Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-66

  Strout, Tania D ^a   Kendrick, Dawn B ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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EID: 68949111720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511547225.009     Document Type: Chapter

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