Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 35-40 , February 2008

Patient assessment of postoperative pain management – Orthopaedic patients compared to other surgical patients

  • Ewa Idvall, PhD, RNT (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Kalmar County Council and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 490 87390; fax: +46 490 18528.
    • ,
  • Agneta Berg, PhD, RNT (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Sweden
    • Faculty of Social Science, University of Stavanger, Norway

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PII: S1361-3111(07)00114-8

doi: 10.1016/j.joon.2007.12.001

Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 35-40 , February 2008

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