Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , May 2005

A survey of postoperative pain management in fourteen hospitals in the UK

  • Edward Moss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 113 3925368/3926672; fax: +44 113 3922645.
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  • Tarnia Taverner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate HG2 7SX, UK
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  • Peter Norton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate HG2 7SX, UK
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  • Piers Lesser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, The Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, Halifax HX3 0PW, UK
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  • Peter Cole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK

Received 2 August 2004 ,Revised 20 February 2005 ,Accepted 22 February 2005.

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00005-7

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.02.001

Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , May 2005

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