The provision of weekend physiotherapy services in tertiary-care hospitals in Canada

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-354

  Campbell, Lauren ^a   Bunston, Rebecca ^a   Colangelo, Sarah ^a   Kim, Dorothy ^a   Nargi, Jessica ^a   Hill, Kylie ^a   Brooks, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physiotherapy; Referral criteria; Service provision; Tertiary care hospital; Weekend service

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349293369     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/physio.62.4.347     Document Type: Article

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