Burns
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 37-44 , February 2005

The stigma of burns: Perceptions of burned patients’ relatives when facing discharge from hospital

  • L.A. Rossi

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Research Development, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP 14040-902 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +55 16 6333271.
    • ,
  • V. da S.C. Vila

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Enfermagem e Fisioterapia da Universidade Católica de Goiás, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • M.M.F. Zago

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Research Development, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP 14040-902 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • E. Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Unidade de Queimados da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

,Accepted 13 July 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00192-5

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.07.006

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 37-44 , February 2005

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