First impressions: an information leaflet for patients attending a musculoskeletal outpatient department

Physiotherapy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Roberts, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient information leaflet; Physiotherapy core standards; Quality enhancement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33748052380     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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