Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 35-44 , March 2010

Pain and Quality of Life Among Residents of Norwegian Nursing Homes

  • Karin Torvik, RN, Cand. Polit. (Sociology)

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo
    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Karin Torvik, Faculty of Nursing, Sør Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Mauritz Hansens gt 2, N-7004 Trondheim, Norway.
    • ,
  • Stein Kaasa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
    • Palliative Medicine Unit, Department of Oncology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim
    • ,
  • Øyvind Kirkevold, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Norwegian Center for Dementia Research, Vestfold Mental Health Care Trust, Tønsberg, Sem
    • Faculty of Health and Sports, University of Agder, Kristians
    • ,
  • Tone Rustøen, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo
    • Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Received 16 October 2008 ,Revised 19 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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PII: S1524-9042(09)00020-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.01.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 35-44 , March 2010

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