Rectal cancer patients from rural areas in northern Sweden report more pain and problems with stoma care than those from urban areas

• 主要な著者: Simon Näverlo (著者), Ulf Gunnarsson (著者), Karin Strigård (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: James Cook University, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Introduction: Having a stoma after bowel surgery is associated with inferior quality of life (QoL). The county of Västerbotten in Sweden is a large and sparsely populated area. Competence regarding stoma-related problems is restricted to hospital-based stoma nurses and surgeons. Patients li...