TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hampton,Sylvie
AU  - Collins,Fiona
TI  - Tissue Viability: The Prevention, Treatment and Management of wounds
SN  - 1861562373
AV  - RD94 .H36 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Whurr Publishers
KW  - Skin Wounds and injuries Treatment
KW  - Wound Healing
N1  - Includes Bibliographical references and Index; 
Preface		vii	
Introduction		ix	
Chapter 1 The skin and wound healing		1	(39)
Chapter 2 Holistic wound assessments		40	(36)
Chapter 3 Dressings and treatments		76	(56)
Chapter 4 Wound infection and colonization		132	(28)
Chapter 5 Assessment, management and treatment of leg and foot ulceration		160	(51)
Chapter 6 Nutrition and wound healing		211	(13)
Katherine Martyn
Chapter 7 Surgical wounds		224	(16)
Chapter 8 Fungating tumours		240	(15)
Chapter 9 Pressure ulcer prevention		255	(56)
Chapter 10 The relationship of seating to pressure ulcer prevention		311	(31)
Chapter 11 Foam technology and its role in wound management and prevention		342	(34)
Fiona Collins, Kate Springett, Mathew Philip, Leyton Stevens and Sylvie Hampton
Chapter 12 The process of audit and research in tissue viability		376	(15)
Chapter 13 Ethics, the law and accountability in wound care		391	(15)
Chapter 14 The specialist nurse in wound management		406	(19)
Appendix 1 Some recognized dressings		425	(20)
Bibliography		445	(30)
Index		475	

N2  - "The book is written not only for nurses at all stages of their careers, but also for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, doctors and others involved in wound prevention, treatment and management."--Jacket
ER  -