A national survey of occupational therapy students' and physiotherapy students' attitudes to disabled people

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 442-449

  Stachura, Kay ^a   Garven, Frances ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENT; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY EDUCATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 34447574958     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507073495     Document Type: Article

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