Acute Pain
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 51-55 , June 2009

Misinterpretation of the Faces Pain Scale-Revised in adult clinical practice

  • Grazyna Jastrzab

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pain Management, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9382 2217; fax: +61 2 9382 2870.
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  • Susie Kerr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pain Management, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
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  • Greg Fairbrother

      Affiliations

    • Nurse Manager Research, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 93823099; fax: +61 2 93823035.

Received 20 August 2008 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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☆ The authors confirm that there is no conflict of interest with regards the subject matter or conclusions of this article.

PII: S1366-0071(09)00004-7

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2009.03.001

Acute Pain
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