Exploring patient perceptions of larval therapy as a potential treatment for venous leg ulceration

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-159

  Spilsbury, Karen ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^a   Dumville, Jo ^a   O'Meara, Susan ^a   Petherick, Emily ^a   Thompson, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Larval therapy; Patient choice; Patient involvement; Questionnaire; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LEG ULCER; MAGGOT THERAPY; MALE; NURSE RESEARCHER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 44249094722     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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