| Description |
x, 511 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The skin and wound healing -- Ch. 2. Holistic wound assessments -- Ch. 3. Dressings and treatments -- Ch. 4. Wound infection and colonization -- Ch. 5. Assessment, management and treatment of leg and foot ulceration -- Ch. 6. Nutrition and wound healing / Katherine Martyn, Sylvie Hampton and Fiona Collins -- Ch. 7. Surgical wounds -- Ch. 8. Fungating tumours -- Ch. 9. Pressure ulcer prevention -- Ch. 10. The relationship of seating to pressure ulcer prevention -- Ch. 11. Foam technology and its role in wound management and prevention / Fiona Collins, Kate Springett, Mathew Philip, Leyton Stevens and Sylvie Hampton -- Ch. 12. The process of audit and research in tissue viability -- Ch. 13. Ethics, the law and accountability in wound care -- Ch. 14. The specialist nurse in wound management |
| Summary |
"The book is written not only for nurses at all stages of their careers, but also for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, doctors and others involved in wound prevention, treatment and management."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index |
| Subject |
Wound healing.
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Soft tissue injuries -- Treatment.
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Skin -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
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Skin -- injuries.
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Wound Healing.
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Soft Tissue Injuries -- therapy.
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| Author |
Collins, Fiona (Occupational therapist)
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| ISBN |
1861562373 paperback |
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