Older patients' experience of dressing changes on venous leg ulcers: More than just a docile patient

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1223-1231

  Ebbeskog, Britt ^a,b,c   Emami, Azita ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interpretative phenomenological; Lived experience; Nursing research; Older people; Venous leg ulcer; Wound care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SWEDEN; VARICOSIS;

AGED; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SWEDEN; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 27644584462     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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