Pain is not the only cause of distress in dementia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7821, 2011, Pages

  Regnard, Claud ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGITATION; ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ANALGESICS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 84858999471     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5355     Document Type: Letter

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