Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 190-196 , December 2011

Pain Experience of the Elderly

  • Sylvia T. Brown, EdD, RN, CNE

      Affiliations

    • East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sylvia T. Brown, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, 4205L Health Sciences Building, Greenville, NC 27858.
    • ,
  • Mary K. Kirkpatrick, EdD, RN

      Affiliations

    • East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville
    • ,
  • Melvin S. Swanson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville
    • ,
  • Ila Leigh McKenzie, MSN, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Capitol Nephrology, Raleigh, North Carolina

Received 8 August 2007 ,Revised 3 May 2010 ,Accepted 10 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.05.004

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 190-196 , December 2011

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