Issues involved in delegation to assistants

Physiotherapy

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Saunders, Liz ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistants; Delegation; Skills; Tasks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; TRAINING;

EID: 0030898044     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)67164-7     Document Type: Article

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