Pain management in nursing homes: What do quality measure scores tell us?

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Russell, Teresa L ^a   Madsen, Richard W ^a   Flesner, Marcia ^a   Rantz, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PAIN;

HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952115887     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20100504-07     Document Type: Article

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