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Research In Clinical Practise Introduction to Portfolio The research articles to be critiqued relate to the author's area of practice; community nursing and in particular; the cost-effectiveness of community leg ulcer clinics. The author currently manages a leg ulcer clinic and an insight into the research underpinning their cost-effectiveness would be of benefit in her quest to deliver evidence-based practice in line with the principles underpinning clinical governance. Management of venous leg ulcers had advanced considerably over the last decade. This is due to various factors from greater knowledge of the aetiology of leg ulceration to more recent developments, such as dedicated leg ulcer clinics (Dowsett, 2004). However, it is a concern that leg ulcer clinics are being justified by nurses and organizations based on uncontrolled studies and narrative accounts (Bosanquet et al, 1993; Fletcher, 1995; Stevens et al, 1997; Thorne, 1998; Audit Commission, 1999). It has been widely suggested that the...

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