Patient involvement must be a key aspect of choosing an appropriate regimen for leg ulcer management.
The final article in a six-part series on leg ulcers focuses on developing leg ulcer services in the community and stresses the importance of taking a holistic approach and the value of patient/carer education to promote concordance.
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Newham Primary Care Trust, London, UK. caroline.dowsett@newhampct.nhs.uk
D002755:Choice Behavior; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014945:Wound Healing