Measuring the outcome of occupational therapy: Tools and resources

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 147-158

  Unsworth, Carolyn ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Measurement; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034528017     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2000.00239.x     Document Type: Review

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