The social and psychological impact of hard-to-heal wounds.
Hard-to-heal wounds typically present a huge challenge to the clinical team charged with their treatment. Wounds that are extremely painful and/or unsightly can have an extreme psychological impact on the patient, and this can be as crucial a consideration as the complexities involved in managing th...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 19; no. 19; pp. 1248 - 1253 |
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| Formato: | case study pictorial Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
10/28/2010
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