Provider Perspectives on Soldiers With New Spinal Cord Injuries Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-521

  Weaver, Frances M ^a,b,c   Burns, Stephen P ^d,e   Evans, Charlesnika T ^a,b   Rapacki, Lauren M ^a   Goldstein, Barry ^d,e,f   Hammond, Margaret C ^d,e,f  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health personnel; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849087343     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.560     Document Type: Article

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