Physical therapists as diagnosticians: Drawing the line on diagnosing pathology

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 351-353

  Boissonnault, William ^a   Goodman, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Medical Multimedia Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF IMPAIRMENTS, DISABILITIES AND HANDICAPS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LITERATURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SCREENING; TEACHING;

EID: 33744932947     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2006.0107     Document Type: Editorial

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