Assistant practitioners: Issues of accountability, Delegation and competence

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 331-337

  Mackey, Hazel ^a   Nancarrow, Susan ^b  

^a Staffordshire   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assistant practitioners; Competency; Delegation; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849106075     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2005.12.8.19535     Document Type: Article

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