Community nurses', home carers' and patients' perceptions of factors affecting venous leg ulcer recurrence and management of services

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Flanagan, M ^a   Rotchell, L ^b   Fletcher, J ^a   Schofield, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c St Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECURRENCE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0035352442     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.2001.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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