Empowerment in chronic wound care—exploring the scope for patient contribution

Benedikt Hackert, Ewa Klara Stürmer, Ulrich Weger

Wound Care

Summary

This study investigated the concept of empowerment in chronic wound care, finding that degrees of freedom (DOF) – patients’ ability to shape their own wound care tasks – are a key but often missing aspect of genuine empowerment, and proposes a research agenda to investigate and incorporate DOF into clinical wound care practice. Read the full article here:

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