Patient perceptions of the quality of information provided in a Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation Unit

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 111-117

  Tooth, Leigh ^a   Hoffmann, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

EID: 1642523691     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260406700303     Document Type: Article

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