Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 77-85 , June 2007

Assessing Pain in Persons with Dementia: Relationships Among the Non-communicative Patient’s Pain Assessment Instrument, Self-report, and Behavioral Observations

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 This work was supported by Grant No. NR05069-02 awarded to Dr. Horgas from the National Institute for Nursing Research.

PII: S1524-9042(07)00042-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.03.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 77-85 , June 2007

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