Title: Wound care for health professionals
Description: Wound care is an area of medicine and nursing that is undergoing both a critical evaluation and a clinical renaissance. Wound Care for Health Professionals sets out the knowledge base to motivate and, it is hoped, empower health care workers involved in treating wounds. This book introduces the reader to the subject before moving on to specific principles and detailed reviews of chronic wounds. Topics covered include assessment of wounds; general principles of wound management; chronic wounds, leg ulcers and pressure sores; and legal and educational issues. Students and professionals in health care, including nurses and therapists, will find this book an invaluable resource.
Subjects: Wounds and Injuries, Therapy, Leg Ulcer, Wound Healing, Wounds and injuries, Enfermagem, Treatment