Objective: To investigate the evidence exploring the experiences of patients with fungating
wounds and associated quality of life, and to subsequently provide recommendations to how …

Malignant fungating wounds: managing pain, bleeding and psychosocial issues Page 1
education JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE VOL 18, NO 10, OCTOBER 2009 418 Malignant …

A fungating wound is a malignant lesion that infiltrates the skin and its supporting blood and
lymph vessels. They tend to develop in the last few months of a patient's life, and often …

Objective: The current understanding of living with a malignant fungating wound is derived
from professionals' rather than the patient's perspective. An appreciation of the lived …

Malignant fungating wounds: key symptoms and psychosocial Page 1 education ▲
JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE VOL 18, NO 8, AUGUST 2009 325 Malignant fungating …

Developing a tool for researching fungating wounds Small World Wide Wounds Logo
Developing a tool for researching fungating wounds Author(s) Patricia Grocott PhD, BSc(Hons) …

Fingating wounds always present a management challenge. Not only is it often difficult to
manage the physical aspects of the wound–pain, bleeding, exudate and odour–but also the …

lo s.‐f., hayter m., hu w.‐y., tai c.‐y., hsu m.‐y. & li y.‐f.(2012) Symptom burden and quality of
life in patients with malignant fungating wounds. Journal of Advanced Nursing68 (6), 1312 …

Tissue Viability, Centre for Page 1 Mark Collier BA(Hons), ONC, RCNT, RNT, RGN, is Nurse
Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Tissue Viability, Centre for Research and lmplementation of …

Malignant fungating wounds: epidemiology, aetiology, presentation and assessment Page 1
education ▲ JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE VOL 18, NO 7, JULY 2009 273 Malignant fungating …