The lived experience of a foot burn injury from the perspective of seven Jordanians with diabetes: A hermeneutic phenomenological study

International Wound Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-43

  Abu Qamar, Maén Zaid ^a,b   Wilson, Anne ^b  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burn; Cultural; Diabetic foot; Health education; Injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOT BURN; FOOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WOUND DRESSING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AWARENESS; BURNS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84855566800     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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