Referral to rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury: Practitioners and the process of decision-making

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1867-1878

  Foster, Michele ^a   Tilse, Cheryl ^b   Fleming, Jennifer ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Professional decision making; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

INJURY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURY; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 4143110198     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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