Pelvic floor dysfunction: A conceptual framework for collaborative patient-centred care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 555-568

  Davis, Kathryn ^a   Kumar, Devinder ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Collaborative care; Combined symptomatology; Multidisciplinary care; Patient centred care; Pelvic floor dysfunction; Prevalence; Women's health care

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DENERVATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS INJURY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PELVIC FLOOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0141959714     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02754.x     Document Type: Review

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