A protocol for assessment of risk in wheelchair driving within a healthcare facility

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 520-526

  Mendoza, Robert J ^a   Pittenger, David J ^b   Savage, Faith Saftler ^a   Weinstein, Cheryl S ^c  

^a Boston Home   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTS; AGED; BOSTON; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0037799587     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828031000090515     Document Type: Article

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