Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 12-21 , February 2006

Strategies in assessing post operative pain—A South African study

  • Hester Klopper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Education, North-West University, South Africa
    • Faculty of Nursing, North-West University, South Africa
    • ,
  • Helena Andersson

      Affiliations

    • School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Box 408, Skövde SE 541 28, Sweden
    • ,
  • Maria Minkkinen

      Affiliations

    • School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Box 408, Skövde SE 541 28, Sweden
    • ,
  • Cecilia Ohlsson

      Affiliations

    • School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Box 408, Skövde SE 541 28, Sweden
    • ,
  • Björn Sjöström

      Affiliations

    • School of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, Box 408, Skövde SE 541 28, Sweden
    • University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 500 44 84 51; fax: +46 500 44 84 99.

,Accepted 4 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.05.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 12-21 , February 2006

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