Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S1-S10 , June 2010

Pain in the Older Adult: An Imperative Across All Health Care Settings

  • Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Keela A. Herr, PhD, RN, FMN, AGSF, John A. Hartford Foundation Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, 418 NB, 50 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242.

Received 13 October 2009 ,Revised 29 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 February 2010.

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 Publication of this article was supported by Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

PII: S1524-9042(10)00036-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.03.005

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 11, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S1-S10 , June 2010

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