title: The lived experience of having a chronic wound: a phenomenologic study.
abstract: Though millions of American elders suffer from chronic non-healing wounds, relatively little research has been done on the wound experience. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenologic study was to describe the lived experience of having a chronic wound.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beitz
authors.forename: Earl
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015995:Prevalence; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*