Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 65-75 , June 2009

Pain Expression in the Perioperative Period: Insights from a Focus Group of Somali Women

  • Sheryl M. Ness, RN, MA

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sheryl Ness, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55901

Received 11 June 2007 ,Revised 16 April 2008 ,Accepted 16 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.05.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 65-75 , June 2009

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