Nurses' opinions of pain and the assessed need for pain medication for the elderly

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Alm, Annika Kjällman ^a   Norbergh, Karl Gustaf ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878112296     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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