Living with wound-associated pain: Impact on the patient and what clinicians really think

Journal of Wound Care

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Jones, M Lloyd ^a   Greenwood, M ^b   Bielby, A ^b  

^a BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinician focused pain survey; Pain assessment tools; Types of pain; Wound associated pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958005609     PISSN: 09690700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2010.19.8.77712     Document Type: Article

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