The challenge of spinal cord injury care in the developing world

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Burns, Anthony S ^a   O'Connell, Colleen ^b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Healing Hands for Haiti/Team Canada Healing Hands   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armenia; Developing countries; Disability; Disasters; Earthquake; Haiti; India; International cooperation; Iran; Nigeria; Pakistan; Paraplegia; Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation; Sierra Leone; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia; Wheelchair; World health

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CERVICAL SPINE; DECUBITUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; GAUZE DRESSING; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIMB FRACTURE; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEER GROUP; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DIET; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL; URINARY CATHETER; WHEELCHAIR; WOUND CARE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84555195488     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000043     Document Type: Review

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