Attitudes and beliefs about chronic pain among nurses-biomedical or behavioral A cross-sectional survey

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Prem, Venkatesan ^a   Karvannan, Harikesavan ^a   Chakravarthy, R D ^b   Binukumar, B ^c   Jaykumar, Saroja ^c   Kumar, Senthil P ^d  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Nursing education; Pain assessment; Professional behavior; Professional psychology; Psychosocial issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863063424     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.92341     Document Type: Article

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