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Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , March 2011

The fragmented story of pain: A saga of economic discourse, confusion and lack of holistic assessment in the residential care of older people

  • Kim Wylie, RN, PhD, MN, BHSc, RN, RPN, DipCommunity Health (AssocDipClinNurs (Gerontology), Churchill Fellow, MRCN(Ret))

      Affiliations

    • University of Newcastle, School of Nursing, 14 Delaney Road, Dayboro, Queensland 4521, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 07 3425 2760.
    • ,
  • Monica Nebauer, RN, PhD, MPhil, BAppSc(Nsg), DipAppSc(NsgEd), FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Science, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Received 9 December 2009 ,Revised 9 April 2010 ,Accepted 12 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.05.005

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