Pain is what the patient says it is, but ... : an ethnographic study of the factors which influence nurses when they make pain management decisions in a clinical setting

Barriers to effective postoperative pain management mean many patients suffer needless pain. Few studies have observed nurses as they manage postoperative pain in a clinical setting; those who used observation have demonstrated the importance of context to pain management practice. This ethnographic...

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Main Author: van Raders, Petronella
Published: University of Warwick 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.570567

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