Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 143-149.e5 , December 2008

“You Just Have to Make the Pain Go Away”—Children's Experiences of Pain Management

  • Riitta-Liisa Kortesluoma, LicNSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Adolescence, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Riitta-Liisa Kortesluoma, Learning and Research Services, P.O. Box 7910, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Merja Nikkonen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Willy Serlo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Adolescence, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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 Supported by the Alma & K. A. Snellman Foundation, Finland.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00127-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.07.002

Pain Management Nursing
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