• Nurs Stand · Feb 2008

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    Assessing pain in patients.

    • E McLafferty and A Farley.
    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee. i.h.r.mclafferty@dundee.ac.uk
    • Nurs Stand. 2008 Feb 27; 22 (25): 42-6.

    AbstractThis article defines pain and discusses options for pain assessment. Both unidimensional and multidimensional pain assessment scales are considered and described. Nursing skills required to carry out pain assessment are identified and discussed.

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