Physical therapist practice in the intensive care unit: Results of a national survey

Physical Therapy

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1335-1344

  Malone, Daniel ^a   Ridgeway, Kyle ^b   Nordon Craft, Amy ^c   Moss, Parker ^c   Schenkman, Margaret ^c   Moss, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943245295     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20140417     Document Type: Article

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