Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 259-267 , December 2010

Pain in Children with Down Syndrome: Assessment and Intervention by Parents

  • Roswitha B. Davies, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Roswitha B. Davies, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Education, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX 78212.

Received 15 June 2008 ,Revised 18 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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 Conducted to fulfill the dissertation requirements for a PhD in Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.Supported by a research grant from the American Society for Pain Management Nursing.

PII: S1524-9042(09)00105-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.09.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 259-267 , December 2010

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