I t has been my pleasure to act as a guest editor for this special edition of WOUNDS: A Compendium of Clinical Research and Practice. Those who know me personally will be aware that outcomes research, and quality of life (QoL) in particular, has been an interest of mine for a number of years. When I first started my own research in this field, health-related QoL was a relatively new concept still treated with scepticism by many. Occasionally, this is still the case, but increasingly clinicians (who, traditionally, have informally been involved in QoL outcomes for centuries) and researc

Disclosure: The study from which this article is drawn, Woundcare Research for Appropriate Products (WRAP), was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council with in-kind contributions from a number of industrial partners.

F ungating malignant wounds are caused by tumor infiltration of the skin. Unless amenable to anti-cancer treatments, the infiltration extends, the wounds advance, and the management goals are palliative.1 The goal of palliative care is to optimize quality of life (QoL) through the control of physical symptoms and attention to individu

HEALTHPOINT Enters Licensing Agreement with Collegium for 2 Late-Stage Topical Analgesics

Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex.) has entered into an agreement with Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Cumberland, RI) to license and sell 2 of Collegium’s late-stage patent-pending topical analgesics, an over the counter product and a prescription application.
These 2 products are intended to offer clinical advantages over currently available formulations, according to the companies.
Healthpoint researches, develops, and markets branded pharmaceuticals for surgical, tissue management, and dermatol

Patients and social support. Surprisingly, patients were reluctant to discuss the extent of practical and emotional support they received from family and friends, despite prompts in the interview. When support was reported, it was referred to as a general type of support rather than support specific to controlling their blood sugar or healing their ulcers.
Interviewer: “Do you find that your family [is] very supportive?”
Patient: “Oh, yeah, yeah.”
Interviewer: “And do they help with your diabetes and your foot problems specifically, or is it a more general kind of sup