Exploring views on long term rehabilitation for people with stroke in a developing country: Findings from focus group discussions

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mohd Nordin, Nor Azlin ^a,c   Aziz, Noor Azah Abd ^b   Abdul Aziz, Aznida Firzah ^b,c   Ajit Singh, Devinder Kaur ^a   Omar Othman, Nor Aishah ^a   Sulong, Saperi ^b   Aljunid, Syed Mohamed ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^c UKM Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Family assisted therapy; Focus groups; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; STROKE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84898461280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-118     Document Type: Article

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