Role perceptions and clinical reasoning of community health occupational therapists undertaking home visits

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-24

  Mitchell, Robyn ^a,b   Unsworth, Carolyn A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Boroondara Community Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Mental health; Physical rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 2342450537     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2004.00372.x     Document Type: Review

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