Empowering patients to take control of leg ulcer treatment through individualised management.
Leg Clubs have been established to empower patients to become stakeholders in their own treatment. This case report describes how attendance at a Leg Club resulted in healing in a patient who previously was non-concordant with treatment.
Hampton
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TissueViability Consultant, Eastbourne, UK.
Lindsay
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D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*