Psychosocial Screening in Adult Burns Inpatients within a Scottish Burns Unit
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National Burns Care Standards (NBCS) within the UK recommend psychological care throughout burn pathway and psychosocial screening of inpatients admitted for over 24 h, at a time when this is clinically appropriate prior to discharge. This brief report presents preliminary data from an audit in adult burns Scottish Unit three-year period. Results are reported on frequency type completed. Differences between groups who were screened those not presented discussed with focus plans increasing number improvements how collected.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European burn journal
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2673-1991']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj4020018