Patients' perceptions and experiences of venous leg ulceration and their attitudes to larval therapy: An in-depth qualitative study

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 527-541

  Mccaughan, Dorothy ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^b   Dumville, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Larval therapy; Patient acceptability; Patient views and experience; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VARICOSE ULCER; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84937518112     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12053     Document Type: Article

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