Pain management in older adults

Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-38

  Schofield, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; assessment; management; pain

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84871566026     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: 13654357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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