Terminology used by different health care providers to document skin ulcers: The blind men and the elephant

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 324-333

  Zeleznik, Jomarie ^a,e   Agard Henriques, Bernadette ^c   Schnebel, Bradley ^b   Smith, Donna Lynn ^d  

^a Clinical Medicine   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Comprehensive Care   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN CARE; SKIN ULCER; SURGEON;

EID: 0242677851     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5754(03)00439-X     Document Type: Article

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