The risk of pressure sores: a conceptual scheme
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Nursing
- Vol. 8 (2) , 206-216
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00254.x
Abstract
• Based on a review of the literature related to the prediction and prevention of pressure sores, a conceptual scheme on pressure sores is introduced. • The article highlights the four elements of th...Keywords
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