A review of observational pain scales in nonverbal elderly with cognitive impairments

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-664

  Park, Juyoung ^a   Castellanos Brown, Karen ^a   Belcher, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; older adults; pain assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958185977     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731508329394     Document Type: Review

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