Factors influencing practice area preference in occupational therapy

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Lewicki, Erin L ^a   Smith, Susan L ^b   Cash, Sandra H ^c   Madigan, M Jeanne ^c   Simons, Dianne F ^c  

^a Virginia Beach City Public Schools   (United States)

^b Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY;

EID: 0033015045     PISSN: 0164212X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J004v14n04_01     Document Type: Article

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