Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 149-153 , September 2009

Older Adults' Pain Communication: The Effect of Interruption

  • Deborah Dillon McDonald, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Deborah Dillon McDonald, University of Connecticut, 231 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269-2026
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  • John Fedo, RN, MSN

Received 24 January 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2009.

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 Supported as part of a larger study by grant no. 5 R21NR009848-02 from the National Institute of Nursing Research.

PII: S1524-9042(09)00031-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.03.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 149-153 , September 2009

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