Goal attainment scaling (GAS) in rehabilitation: A practical guide

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 362-370

  Turner Stokes, Lynne ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GOALS; HUMANS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 63049128182     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508101742     Document Type: Article

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