Patients' experiences and perceived causes of persisting discomfort following day surgery

BMC Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rosén, Helena I ^a,c   Bergh, Ingrid H E ^a,b,c   Lundman, Berit M ^a,d   Mårtensson, Lena B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77958466183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-9-16     Document Type: Article

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