Managing chronic venous leg ulcers part 2: time for a new pragmatic approach?
To improve the lives of people with these chronic wounds, the focus of care needs to be on enabling them to adapt to living with their ulcer, rather than striving for complete healing when this not a viable option.
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Tissue Viability, Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust, NHS East of England, UK. Annemarie.Brown2@meht.nhs.uk
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012008:Recurrence; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D035501:Uncertainty; D006113:United Kingdom; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*