Health policy and the delivery of evidence-based wound care using regional wound teams

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 16-21

  Campbell, Karen ^a   Teague, Laura ^b   Hurd, Theresa ^c   King, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c St Michael's Hospital ^*

^d St Michael's Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; ULCER; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; ULCER; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750961780     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60818-6     Document Type: Article

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