Housing adaptations from the perspectives of Swedish occupational therapists

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-240

  Malmgren Fänge, Agneta ^a   Lindberg, Katarina ^b   Iwarsson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b City Planning Office   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case management; Evidence based practice; Home modification; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; DATA COLLECTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84877077090     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038128.2012.737368     Document Type: Review

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