The importance of pain management in older people with dementia

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-148

  Corbett, Anne ^a   Husebo, Bettina S ^b,c   Achterberg, Wilco P ^d   Aarsland, Dag ^c   Erdal, Ane ^b   Flo, Elisabeth ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Care; Dementia; Pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); AGED; COMPLICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84907995421     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldu023     Document Type: Article

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