The meaning of caring for people with malodorous exuding ulcers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-171

  Lindahl, Elisabeth ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Söderberg, Anna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exuding ulcers; Hermeneutics; Interviews; Narrative; Nursing; Phenomenology; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXUDATE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHAME; STANDARD; ULCER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ODORS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHAME; ULCER;

EID: 41649106251     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04551.x     Document Type: Article

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