Hospitalized children as social actors in the assessment and management of their pain

Abstract By acknowledging pain as subjective and only fully perceived by the person in pain, the main aim of this study was to report on the use of qualitative child interviewing and drawings as a research method to elicit hospitalized children’s perceptions and descriptions of their pain experienc...

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Main Author: Kortesluoma, R.-L. (Riitta-Liisa)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2009
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514292880
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