Painful dressing changes for chronic wounds: Assessment and management

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 20 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Solowiej, Kazia ^a   Upton, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dressing change; Management; Pain; Wound care; Wounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869102648     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2012.21.sup20.s20     Document Type: Article

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