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1 online resource (xxii, 310 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Yale University Press health & wellness
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Yale University Press health & wellness.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Healing Your Wound: The Top Ten Myths Dispelled""; ""Preface""; ""PART ONE: When You Have a Wound That Won�t Heal""; ""1. How Wounds Heal""; ""2. Recognizing Your Fears""; ""3. Creating Your Health-Care Team: It Takes a Village""; ""4. Your Initial Visit with the Wound Team""; ""PART TWO: Pressure Sores""; ""5. Why Do Pressure Sores Happen?""; ""6. Prevention Is Always Best""; ""7. Beds and Cushions: Expensive Is Not Always Best""; ""PART THREE: Foot Wounds: Diabetes and Beyond""; ""8. The Foot Wound That Doesn�t Hurt"" |
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""9. Shoes and Socks: When What You Wear Can Be the Best Medicine""""PART FOUR: Blood Circulation: Essential for Healing""; ""10. Venous Wounds: Dealing with Foot and Leg Wounds if Your Circulation Is Good""; ""11. Arterial Wounds: Dealing with Foot and Leg Wounds if Your Circulation Is Poor""; ""12. Swelling: What Your Achy Feet Are Telling You""; ""PART FIVE: Acute Wounds""; ""13. Healing After Surgery""; ""14. Traumatic Wounds: Burns, Cuts, and More""; ""PART SIX: Nonhealing Wounds""; ""15. Infected Wounds""; ""16. Unusual Wounds""; ""17. Still Not Healing . . . What Are We Missing?"" |
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""PART SEVEN: Wound Treatments: Let the Healing Begin""""18. What Do I Put on This Wound?""; ""19. Growth Factors and Engineered Skin: The Future Is Here""; ""20. Adjunctive and Alternative Therapies 154""; ""21. Surgery for Chronic Wound Treatment: When Cutting Can Heal 158""; ""PART EIGHT: Wounds in Specific Populations and Conditions""; ""22. Nervous System Damage: Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida, and Multiple Sclerosis""; ""23. Healing Challenges and the Older Person""; ""24. Children and Teenagers""; ""25. Wounds in Dark Skin""; ""26. Wounds and Excess Weight"" |
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""27. Solutions to Stoma Struggles""""28. Living with an Amputation""; ""29. The Wounds of War""; ""30. Wounds and Cancer""; ""31. Wounds in the Dying: When Comfort Comes First""; ""PART NINE: Beyond the Wound""; ""32. Eating Well: The Healing Potential of Food""; ""33. Exercise for Wound Healing""; ""34. Pain: The Burden of Suffering""; ""35. Skin Problems That Coexist with Wounds""; ""36. Emotional Aspects of Wound Healing: When the Wound Is More than Skin Deep""; ""37. Care for the Caregiver: Beating the Burnout"" |
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""38. Online Medical Resources: How to Separate Clever Advertising from Effective Medicine""""39. Payment and Reimbursement Issues: Who�s Picking Up the Check""; ""Glossary of Terms""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Wound Cleansers and Dressings""; ""The Wound Patient�s Bill of Rights""; ""Additional Resources""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wound healing.
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Wound healing. |
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Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
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Wounds and injuries -- Treatment. |
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Skin -- Care and hygiene.
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Skin -- Care and hygiene. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cottrill, Rebecca.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reddy, Madhuri. Healing wounds, healthy skin. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2011 9780300140361 (DLC) 2011006744 (OCoLC)670481342 |
| ISBN |
9780300171723 (electronic book) |
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0300171722 (electronic book) |
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1299463770 (electronic book) |
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9781299463776 (electronic book) |
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9780300140361 |
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0300140363 |
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9780300171006 |
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0300171005 |
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