Honey in Modern Wound Management

Edited by Rose Cooper, Peter Molan and Richard White. ISBN: 978-0-9555758-5-3 2009, Wounds UK Publishing, softback, pp.201 This book offers insights into historical and modern applications of honey as well as providing clinical and laboratory data to help better understanding of its mode of action. Fourteen chapters cover: historical background, antimicrobial activity, modern wound microbiology; clinical guidelines for the potential use of honey in paediatric care, oncology, radiotherapy, damaged tissue and burns, treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, the prevention of medical device related infections, and the immunomdulatory components of honey.