Record keeping by Swiss physiotherapists: A national survey of knowledge regarding legal requirements

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages

  Richoz, Christophe ^a   Ayer, Ariane ^a   Berchtold, André ^b   Richoz, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computerised; Medical records systems; Practice management; Professional issues; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80655148796     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13291     Document Type: Article

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