Quality of patient education materials for rehabilitation after neurological surgery

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 817-821

  Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Sarris, Christina ^a   Hansberry, David R ^a   Lin, Matthew J ^a   Barrese, James C ^a   Prestigiacomo, Charles J ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

neurological surgery; online; patient education; Readability; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING;

EID: 84882366879     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130905     Document Type: Article

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