Orthopaedic physiotherapy practitioners: Surgical and radiological referral rates

Clinical Governance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Rabey, Martin ^a   Morgans, Sharon ^b   Barrett, Cathy ^b  

^a St Sampson's Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing; Orthopaedics; Physiotherapy; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTITIONER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 59949087983     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270910933424     Document Type: Article

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