title: Supporting patients with fungating breast wounds.
abstract: Women with fungating wounds experience great mental distress. Breast-care nurses should be sensitive when assessing a patient's needs in order to provide emotional support as well as practical care. Breast-care nurses need to understand the problems associated with altered body image.
authors.affiliation: Morecambe Health Centre, Lancashire.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bird
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*