Stroke care development in Sri Lanka: The urgent need for neurorehabilitation services

Neurology Asia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-151

  Wijeratne, Tissa ^a   Gunaratne, Padma ^b,c   Gamage, Ranjanee ^b   Pathirana, Gamini ^c   Senanayake, Sunethra ^c   De Silva, Nirodha ^d   Sirisena, Darshana ^e   Wijegunasinghe, Darshana ^e  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^d Base Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^e Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; SRI LANKA; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79960508981     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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