title: Long-term catheter use in the community.
abstract: This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of long-term urinary catheters and explores patients' attitudes to catheterisation. The author argues that, with careful selection of equipment, long-term catheterisation can be acceptable to patients and a useful method of management for people whose lives are severely restricted by incontinence.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Getliffe
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*