A multidisciplinary consultation team to address the unmet needs of hospitalized patients with spinal cord injury

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1074-1076

  New, Peter Wayne ^a,b  

^a CAULFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; CONTRACTURE; DECUBITUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHOULDER INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77957040494     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.204     Document Type: Note

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