Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 23-27 , March 2006

Clinician perceived barriers to the use of regional anaesthesia and analgesia

  • Adam M. Boyd

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida/Shands Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    • Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Veronica C. Eastwood

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida/Shands Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    • Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Nicholas M. Kalynych

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida/Shands Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • John P. McDonough

      Affiliations

    • University of North Florida, 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road, South Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 904 620 1422; fax: +1 904 620 2848.

Received 10 November 2005 ,Accepted 6 January 2006.

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PII: S1366-0071(06)00003-9

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.01.002

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 23-27 , March 2006

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