[Management of patients with facial burns]

Abstract

People with severe facial burns face a long process of readjustment to social life. Altered body image challenges their identity and daily interactions. The mirror test, in which nurses help patients to look at their wounds, is a key step in the care given by carers, but also in the transition from the hospital world to the social world.

Keywords: adaptation; brûlure; burn; face; identity; identité; miroir; mirror; visage.