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Tissue viability : the prevention, treatment, and management of wounds / Sylvie Hampton and Fiona Collins ; with contributions from Katherine Martyn [and others].
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Title:Tissue viability : the prevention, treatment, and management of wounds / Sylvie Hampton and Fiona Collins ; with contributions from Katherine Martyn [and others].
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Author/Creator:Hampton, Sylvie.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Collins, Fiona (Occupational therapist)
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Published/Created:London ; Philadelphia : Whurr Publishers, 2004.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WO185 .H356 2004
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Wound healing.
Soft tissue injuries--Treatment.
Skin--Wounds and injuries--Treatment.
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Medical Subjects: Wound Healing.
Skin--injuries.
Skin Ulcer--therapy.
Wounds and Injuries--therapy.
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Description:x, 511 pages : illustrations ; cm.
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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."--Jacket.
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Notes:Pages 471-474 and index bound in twice.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474).
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ISBN:9781861562371
1861562373
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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.