Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 25-32 , March 2011

Factors That Influence Patient Advocacy by Pain Management Nurses: Results of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing Survey

  • Laurie Jowers Ware, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of West Georgia, Carrollton
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Laurie Jowers Ware, PhD, RN, Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118.
    • ,
  • Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD, RN, ANP-C

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Stony Brook University, New York
    • ,
  • Gail C. Davis, EdD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton
    • ,
  • Susan K. O'Conner-Von, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Received 2 September 2009 ,Revised 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.12.001

Pain Management Nursing
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