Treatment planning and decisions for therapy how and why?

Journal of Physical Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Kumar, Senthil P ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical reasoning; Therapeutic decision making

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICAL THINKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALISM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84863115869     PISSN: 20790015     EISSN: 20799209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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