Why the WHO ICF and QOL constructs do not lend themselves to progmmatic appraisal for planning therapy for aphasia. A commentary on Ross and Wertz, "Advancing appraisal: Aphasia and the WHO"

Aphasiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 885-893

  Worrall, Linda ^a   Cruice, Madeline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27844591233     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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