Pain and distress in advanced dementia: Choosing the right tools for the job

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 873-878

  Jordan, Alice ^a   Regnard, Claud ^b,c   O'Brien, John T ^d   Hughes, Julian C ^a,d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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

^c TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; distress; pain; pain assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY DISTRESS ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT IN ADVANCED DEMENTIA SCALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866718642     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311412227     Document Type: Article

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