The experience of chronic pain in elderly nursing home residents

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-382

  Higgins, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged care; chronic pain; nursing home; residential aged care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990353509     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174498710501000402     Document Type: Article

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