Valuing occupational therapy as a complex intervention

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Creek, Jennifer ^a   Ilott, Irene ^b   Cook, Sarah ^c   Munday, Charlotte ^d  

^a Royal College of Occupational Therapists   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COOPERATION; EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; THINKING;

EID: 21444436756     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260506800607     Document Type: Article

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