Pressure ulcer guideline development and dissemination in Europe

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1495-1503

  Meesterberends, Esther ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^a   Lohrmann, Christa ^b   de Wit, Rianne ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Interviews; Nursing homes; Pressure ulcer; Quality of care; Research dissemination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EUROPE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 77955936615     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03229.x     Document Type: Article

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