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Pressure Sores

  • Textbook
  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. J. C. Barbenel

    1. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

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  2. C. D. Forbes

    1. Royal Infirmary, University Department of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland

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  3. G. D. O. Lowe

    1. Royal Infirmary, University Department of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Opening address and welcome to participants

    1. Opening address and welcome to participants

      • M. McInnes
      Pages 1-3

  3. Workshop on wheelchairs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Wheelchair services

      • John Hunter
      Pages 7-13

    3. Seating for patients vulnerable to pressure sores

      • M. W. Ferguson-Pell
      Pages 15-25

    4. Special modifications to chairs for posture control

      • Roy L. Nelham
      Pages 27-33

    5. An alternative to the wheelchair

      • J. C. Griffiths, J. Edwards, A. G. Taylor
      Pages 35-47

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 49-50
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  5. Pressure sores—the problem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Pressure sores

      • A. A. Barton
      Pages 53-57

    3. Pressure sore prevalence

      • M. M. Jordan, J. C. Barbenel
      Pages 59-66

    4. Measurement of interface pressures

      • J. C. Barbenel
      Pages 67-78

  6. Patients at risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Pressure problems in the elderly

      • A. N. Exton-Smith
      Pages 81-90

    3. Spinal shock in paraplegia—early skin care

      • N. Watson
      Pages 91-94

    4. Skin care and long-term rehabilitation

      • N. Watson
      Pages 95-102

    5. Young disabled in the community

      • E. G. Cantrell, J. Dawson
      Pages 103-114

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 115-118
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  8. Pressure sore prevention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The role of the occupational therapist in pressure sore prevention

      • R. Crewe
      Pages 121-132
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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

    J. C. Barbenel

  • Royal Infirmary, University Department of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland

    C. D. Forbes, G. D. O. Lowe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pressure Sores

  • Editors: J. C. Barbenel, C. D. Forbes, G. D. O. Lowe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81351-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1983

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 187

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Nursing

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