Quality of life: Assessing the impact and benefits of care to patients with fungating wounds

Wounds

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-15

  Grocott, Patricia ^a   Browne, Natasha ^a   Cowley, Sarah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNGATING WOUND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

EID: 13844296673     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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