Reflections on the recommendations of the EWMA patient outcome Group document

Journal of Wound Care

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 282-285

  Ashby, R ^a   Bland, J M ^a   Cullum, N ^a   Dumville, J ^a   Hall, J ^a   Kang'ombe, A ^a   Madden, M ^a   O'meara, S ^a   Soares, M ^a   Torgerson, D ^a   Watson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INJURY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; WOUND HEALING;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SKIN CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956796529     PISSN: 09690700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2010.19.7.48899     Document Type: Article

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