title: Patient clothing. Personal laundry: an essential part of patient care.
abstract: Caring for a person's clothes while they are in hospital or any other care setting is a fundamental part of ensuring that his or her needs are met. This paper discusses the issues involved, concentrating on the independent sector, but the importance of the subject for nurses in all sectors is also looked at.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goodwin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007846:Laundering; D009735:Nursing Homes