Simple clinical targets associated with a high level of patient satisfaction with their pain management

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-201

  Jao, Kathy ^a   Mcd Taylor, David ^a,b   Taylor, Simone E ^b   Khan, Munad ^a   Chae, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; ED; Pain; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 79954628405     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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