Diagnostic evaluation for autism spectrum disorder: A survey of health professionals in Australia

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Taylor, Lauren J ^a,b   Eapen, Valsamma ^b,c   Maybery, Murray T ^a,b   Midford, Sue ^d   Paynter, Jessica ^b,e,f   Quarmby, Lyndsay ^g   Smith, Timothy ^b,h   Williams, Katrina ^b,i,j,k   Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^b,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Western Australian Autism Diagnostician's Forum   (Australia)

^e AEIOU Foundation   (Australia)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h Disability Services Commission   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION;

EID: 84986579033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012517     Document Type: Article

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