Development of a new wound assessment form

Wounds UK

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Fletcher, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Best practice; National benchmark; Wound assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE;

EID: 77950920585     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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