Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , June 2009

Understanding Nursing Assistants' Experiences of Caring for Older People in Pain: The Australian Experience

  • Kristi Holloway, RN, BSc (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kristi Holloway, Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
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  • Ruth McConigley, RN, PhD

Received 5 September 2007 ,Revised 14 September 2008 ,Accepted 3 October 2008.

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 Supported by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia.

 This study was conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of an honors degree.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00154-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.10.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , June 2009

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