Foot health in older people and the nurses' role in foot health care-a review of literature

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Stolt, Minna ^a   Suhonen, Riitta ^a   Voutilainen, Päivi ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Sosiaali ja terveysministerio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Foot care; Foot health problems; Knowledge; Literature review; Nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; FOOT DISEASES;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 76549123603     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00700.x     Document Type: Review

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