Pain and dementia - An application to practice: An example

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Wall, Sharon ^a,b   White, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ageing By Caring Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best practice; Dementia; Pain; Practice development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84868151854     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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