Quality of nursing care from the perspective of patients with leg ulcers

Journal of Wound Care

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 388-395

  Tornvall E ^a   Wilhelmsson, S ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leg ulcers; Patient perspective; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958001520     PISSN: 09690700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2010.19.9.78222     Document Type: Article

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