What is pain? A phenomenological approach to understanding

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Nay, Rhonda ^a,b   Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre ^b  

^a Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Pain assessment; Pain management; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACUTE PAIN; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

EID: 84868151193     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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