The symptom of pain with pressure ulcers: A review of the literature

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 30-42

  Girouard, Kerrie ^a,b   Harrison, Margaret B ^a,b   VanDenKerkof, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a Cambrian College   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE;

EID: 44249094897     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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