Description of a return-to-work occupational therapy programme for stroke rehabilitation in Singapore

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-99

  Leng, Chan Mei ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Return to work; Singapore; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIOTOMY; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIGNETTE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STROKE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

EID: 49849098216     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.248     Document Type: Article

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