Specialization in physiotherapy: musings on current concepts and possibilities for harmonization across the European Union

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-60

  Donaghy, M E ^a,b   Gosling, S ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chartered Society of Physiotherapy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; OUTCOMES; POST BASIC EDUCATION; SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002790313     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1999.4.1.51     Document Type: Review

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