Weekend physiotherapy practice in community hospitals in Canada

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Andrea Ottensmeyer, C ^a   Chattha, Sanmeet ^a   Jayawardena, Shemayi ^a   McBoyle, Kelly ^a   Wrong, Christine ^a   Ellerton, Cindy ^a   Mathur, Sunita ^a   Brooks, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Delivery of health care; Health services research; Hospitals; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859449465     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2011-19     Document Type: Article

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