Standards for wheelchair prescription

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-39

  Di Marco, Allie ^a   Russell, Mary ^b   Masters, Margot ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Standards of practice; Wheelchair prescription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0038755088     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2003.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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