The benefits of environmental control systems as perceived by disabled users and their carers

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 394-398

  Harmer, Jenny ^a   Bakheit, A M O ^b  

^a DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Mount Gould Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032882631     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802269906200902     Document Type: Article

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