Malignant fungating wounds: A survey of nurses' clinical practice in Switzerland

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-298

  Probst, Sebastian ^a   Arber, Anne ^a   Faithfull, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer nursing; Caring; Fungating malignant wound; Wound dressings

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANDAGE; EDUCATION; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ODOR; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CARE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BANDAGES; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ODORS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 68949192986     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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