Living in dressings and bandages: Findings from workshops with people with Epidermolysis bullosa

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-284

  Grocott, Patricia ^a   Blackwell, Rebecca ^a   Weir, Heather ^a   Pillay, Elizabeth ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Hard to heal wounds; Novel dressing retention garment; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CHARCOAL; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; ELASTIC ADHESIVE BANDAGE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FOAM DRESSING; HONEY; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRURITUS; WORKSHOP; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

BANDAGES; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84878163741     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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