Occupational therapy managers' perceptions of challenges faced in early intervention service delivery in South Australia

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-242

  Boshoff, Kobie ^a   Alant, Erna ^b   May, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Change; Early intervention; Online focus groups; Paediatric services; Questionnaires; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 29144458224     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2005.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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