Clumsiness, dyspraxia and developmental coordination disorder: How do health and educational professionals in the UK define the terms?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 399-412

  Peters, J M ^a,b   Barnett, A L ^a   Henderson, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clumsy; Developmental co ordination disorder (DCD); Dyspraxia; Inter professional differences; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; APRAXIAS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0035461285     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2001.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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