Managing delegation to physiotherapy assistants: Application of a functional analysis model

Physiotherapy

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 246-252

  Saunders, Liz ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delegation; Physiotherapy assistants; Tasks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029918760     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66881-2     Document Type: Article

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