What is it about?
This article examines medical provider communication and care for ostomy patients after they first receive their appliance.
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Why is it important?
Ostomy patients express that providers seem disgusted by the ostomy and say or do things that make the patient feel bad about having to receive an ostomy. Millions of people have to get an ostomy and are largely a stigmatized population.
Perspectives
This article allows ostomy patients’ voices to be heard and helps providers know how to care for ostomy patients.
Leslie Miller
University of Oklahoma
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Peoples’ Experiences With Pouches (PEWP) Study: Ostomate–Provider Interactions, Journal of Patient Experience, July 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2374373519861023.
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