Meeting the clinical challenges of burns management: A review

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 15 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Butcher, Martyn ^a  

^a Independent Tissue Viability and Wound Care Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Donor site wounds; Safetac technology; Scars; Skin grafts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051746640     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.sup8.s44     Document Type: Review

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