Room for improvement: Nurses' and physicians' views of a post-operative pain management program

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Hartog, C S ^a   Rothaug, J ^a   Goettermann, A ^a   Zimmer, A ^a   Meissner, W ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL WARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76349123596     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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