Lymphoedema care

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woods, Mary, 1957-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is lymphoedema?
  • Risk factors for the development of secondary lymphoedema
  • Educating the patient at risk of lymphoedema
  • Identifying secondary lymphoedema
  • A framework for the assessment of a patient with lymphoedema
  • Care of the skin
  • Movement and exercise
  • Lymphatic drainage
  • The role of compression therapy in the management of lymphoedema
  • Additional treatments used in the management of lymphoedema
  • Living with lymphoedema
  • Complications of lymphoedema.