Open AccessPain with no cause! Nurses′ perception
Author(s) -
Geetha Desai,
Santosh K. Chaturvedi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.105685
Subject(s) - chronic pain , medicine , pain catastrophizing , perception , pain assessment , curriculum , physical therapy , pain management , psychology , pedagogy , neuroscience
Nurses are called upon to assess chronic pain in health settings and their perceptions about chronic pain are likely to influence the pain assessment and pain relief.