Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 113-119 , September 2008

A Tale of Two Countries: Comparison of the Perceptions of Analgesics Among Finnish and American Parents

  • Päivi M. Kankkunen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Päivi M Kankkunen, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, P. O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Katri M. Vehviläinen-Julkunen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Anna-Maija K. Pietilä, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Hannu Kokki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Advancement of Perioperative Health, the Departments of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Child Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Rachel Y. Zisk, PhD, RN, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Henrietta Szold School of Nursing, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel

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 In Finland, the study was funded by “Children's pain assessment and alleviation,” a project at the University of Kuopio, Finnish Association of Caring Sciences, Foundation of Nurse Education, Foundation for Pediatric Research, Kuopio University Hospital, EVO (special funding by the state for health care), and Finnish Postgraduate School in Nursing Science. In the USA, the study was supported by grants from Yale School of Nursing (NIH-T32NR008346) and Center for Self and Family Management of Vulnerable Populations (NIH-P30NR008999). Dr. Kain is partially funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child and Health Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland (NIH-2R01HD037007-04A1).

PII: S1524-9042(08)00004-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.12.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 113-119 , September 2008

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