Barriers and facilitators in pain management in long-term care institutions: A qualitative study

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-280

  Fox, Patricia ^a,b   Solomon, Patricia ^a   Raina, Parminder ^a   Jadad, Alejandro ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Focus groups; Formal caregivers; Long term care institutions; Older adults; Pain management; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 7644239559     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2004.0032     Document Type: Article

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