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Regina M Fink1, Eva Gallagher2

  • 1College of Nursing and School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
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PubMed
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Keywords:
BarriersBreakthrough painCancerCognitively impairedNonverbalPain assessment

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