An occupational therapy work skills assessment for individuals with head injury

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-169

  Chappell, Irene ^a,b   Higham, Julie ^c   McLean, Alison M ^b  

^a OT Consulting/Treatm Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Head injury occupational therapy; Rehabilitation, vocational; Work evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISABILITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRODUCTIVITY; SAFETY; SKILL; WORKPLACE; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; CANADA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 0037658545     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740307000305     Document Type: Article

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