Opportunity for inpatient brain injury rehabilitation for persons in a vegetative state: Survey of swedish physicians

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 482-489

  Godbolt, Alison K ^a   Tengvar, Christer ^a   Johansson, Björn ^b   Stenson, Staffan ^a   Borg, Jörgen ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acquired Brain Injury; Care Pathway; Rehabilitation; Vegetative State

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN INJURIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 79955865817     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31820f9768     Document Type: Review

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