Increasing disability awareness of future spinal cord injury physicians

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-47

  Sabharwal, Sunil ^a,b   Fiedler, Irma G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Medical education; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0037928070     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2003.11753660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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