Schein’s Common Sense Wound Care Management

“This is a must read for anyone engaged in the care of complex wounds: concise, full of common sense, and devoid of BS.” -- Ari Leppäniemi, Helsinki, FinlandThe growing number of complex chronic wounds afflicting our aging, sicker, and fatter population has brought about the emergence of the so-called ‘wound care industry’, which, in turn, has become a lucrative business - conducted in thousands of ‘wound care clinics’ mushrooming all around us.A wide range of specialties and qualifications have jumped on the bandwagon to become wound care experts, offering different ‘styles’ of wound care.The dressing, drug, and device industry has joined right in and has flooded the market with immensely costly products, many of which are based on flimsy or fabricated evidence. Undoubtedly, ‘modern’ wound care worldwide is chaotic - compared with most other disciplines and specialties, it could be described as the ‘Wild Wild West’ of patient care. This short monograph attempts to insert common sense