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Pain management in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Paul AJ Hardy
Paul AJ Hardy*
Affiliation:
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
*
Paul AJ Hardy, Pain Management Unit, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 259 - 273
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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