IMPLEMENTING OBSERVATIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT OF RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA
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Implementation of observational pain management protocol to improve pain management for long-term institutionalized older care residents with dementia: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial
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عنوان ژورنال: Innovation in Aging
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2399-5300
DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1252