Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 2-14 , March 2010

Student Nurses' Misconceptions of Adults with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain

  • Susan Shaw, BN, MEd Admin, EdD, DipTchg, RN

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Aukland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Susan Shaw, Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
    • ,
  • Alison Lee, BA (Hons), MEd, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Received 21 October 2008 ,Accepted 22 October 2008.

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Pain Management Nursing
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