Pain Management in the Elderly

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 678-679

  Sanford, Angela M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STAFF TRAINING; AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

AGED; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84971644016     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.013     Document Type: Editorial

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