Ethical and legal issues in pain research in cognitively impaired older adults

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1283-1287

  Monroe, Todd B ^a   Herr, Keela A ^b   Mion, Lorraine C ^a   Cowan, Ronald L ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia pain; Ethics; Protection of human subjects; Research methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA PAIN; ETHICS; HUMAN; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS; RESEARCH METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; DEMENTIA PAIN; ETHICS; PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS; RESEARCH METHODS;

AGED; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880587280     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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