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Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 139-146 , August 2010

Nurses' perceived barriers to optimal pain management in older adults on acute medical units

Esther Coker, MScN, MSc, RN, GNC(C)
- School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
- St. Peter’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8M 1W9
- Corresponding author. St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton, ON L8M 1W9, Canada. Tel.: +1 905 777 3837x12227.
Alexandra Papaioannou, MSc, MD, FRCP(C), FACP
- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
- Hamilton Health Sciences, Box 2000, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
Sharon Kaasalainen, PhD, RN
- School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
Lisa Dolovich, PharmD
- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
- Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 1G6
Irene Turpie, MB, ChB, MSc, FRCP(C)
- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
- St. Joseph’s Centre for Ambulatory Health Services, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8G 5E4
Alan Taniguchi, MD, CCFP
- Hamilton Health Sciences, Box 2000, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
- Division of Palliative Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5

Received 22 April 2008 ,Revised 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 14 July 2008.

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☆ The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation in partnership with The Canadian Nurses Foundation and The Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association. We also thank Sheri Burns, BA, for her support in data management and analysis.

PII: S0897-1897(08)00079-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.07.003

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