BACKGROUND People living with burn injury often face long-term physical and
psychological sequelae associated with their injuries. Few studies have examined the …

Caring for patients who are recovering from severe burns is not common in most inpatient
rehabilitation settings. Nursing challenges include patients' physical and psychological …

The article documents the life changes and challenges that are experienced by individuals
who suffer from burns with long-lasting injury, and what are the available support …

Background Although mortality rates associated with burns have decreased, there is still a
significant number of persons who may not survive severe forms of the injury and thus …

Introduction The individual implications of major burns are likely to affect the full spectrum of
patients' physical, emotional, psychological, social, environmental, spiritual and vocational …

The aim of this study was to understand the lived experience of burn injury for Australian
patients and families. Of specific interest was the period covering emergency and inhospital …

Abstract Data from the National Burn Repository of the American Burn Association [2], has
revealed that between the years of 1998–2009, more patients are surviving large burns …

One of the fundamental goals of burn care is to try and return the patient to a similar or better
functional status than they had before their burn injury. As a specialty, burns has worked to …

Background Emotional trauma is recognised as a common feature in the experience of
patients and families following burn injury and incidence may be unrelated to burn size and …

Burn rehabilitation is an essential component of successful patient care. In May 2008, a
group of burn rehabilitation clinicians met to discuss the status and future needs of burn …