The impact of language on the expression and assessment of pain in children

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 235-243

  Azize, Pary M ^a   Humphreys, Ann ^a   Cattani, Allegra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Nursing research; Paediatric nursing; Pain assessment; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052723298     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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