Caregiver Factors in Stroke: Are They the Missing Piece of the Puzzle?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1223-1225

  Ong, Peck Hoon ^a   Koh, Gerald Choon Huat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; FAMILY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE REHABILITATION;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84960326536     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.02.001     Document Type: Note

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