Diagnosing and treating traumatic brain injury among veterans of the afghanistan and Iraq wars: Implications for social work

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-302

  Speziale, Bette ^a   Kulbago, Sarah ^b   Menter, Amy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Disability; Military; Operation enduring freedom; Operation iraqi freedom; Rehabilitation; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 78649526078     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2010.523664     Document Type: Article

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