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Palliative Wound Care and Treatment at End of Life

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The principles of palliative wound and pressure ulcer care should be integrated along the continuum of wound care to address the whole person care needs of older people who often present with chronic debilitating diseases, advanced diseases associated with major organ failure (renal, hepatic, pulmonary or cardiac), profound dementia, complex psychosocial issues, diminished self-care abilities, and challenging wound-related symptoms. This chapter will introduce key concepts for palliative wound and pressure ulcer care that have been developed by the International Interprofessional Wound Care Community and will review the consensus document entitled SCALE: Skin Changes At Life’s End.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Nursing, Queen’s University, 92 Barrie Street, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6

    Kevin Y. Woo Ph.D., R.N., F.A.P.W.C.A.

  2. West Park Health Center, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kevin Y. Woo Ph.D., R.N., F.A.P.W.C.A.

  3. Wound and Skin Care Consultant, 212 East Market Street, York, PA, 17403, USA

    Diane L. Krasner Ph.D., R.N., C.W.C.N., C.W.S., M.A.P.W.C.A., F.A.A.N.

  4. Dermatology Clinic, Unit 23, Suite 210, 1077 North Service Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada, L4Y 1A6

    R. Gary Sibbald B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P.C., (M. ed., Derm), M.A.C.P., F.A.A.D., M. ed., M.A.P.W.C.A.

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  1. Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

    David R. Thomas, MD

  2. Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Wound Care Consultant, Hospice Care of South Carolina, Johns Island, South Carolina, USA

    Gregory A. Compton, MD

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Woo, K.Y., Krasner, D.L., Sibbald, R.G. (2014). Palliative Wound Care and Treatment at End of Life. In: Thomas, MD, D., Compton, MD, G. (eds) Pressure Ulcers in the Aging Population. Aging Medicine, vol 1. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-700-6_10

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