Nov 15, 2024
Does anyone remember “The Purple Book”? Those of us who have been in the wound care world for a while know this book as the first compendium of clinical practice guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention. Published in 1992, it was the main “go-to” resource for...
Oct 5, 2024
The following essay is the Preface to the volume of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine entitled Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds which I edited for Elsevier Publishers (reproduced with permission). Drawing upon three decades of experience caring for patients with...
Jul 27, 2024
I am proud to introduce my volume in Elsevier’s series of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine entitled Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds. To complete this work I invited leaders in the field to share their knowledge and expertise with the goal of educating...
Mar 18, 2024
Whenever I ask a group of doctors, “How many of you have had any training in care and treatment of chronic wounds?” it is the rare person who raises their hand. Despite the urgent need for medical doctors to know how to assess and treat pressure injuries and chronic...
Nov 5, 2023
I am thrilled that my chapter entitled Pressure Injury and Chronic Wounds was just published in a major new reference work. The textbook is entitled Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach and is available on Springerlink. My chapter is...
