Physiotherapy
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58 , March 2010

The experience of spinal cord injury: using Frank's narrative types to enhance physiotherapy undergraduates’ understanding

  • A. Soundy

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0121 4148385.
    • ,
  • B. Smith

      Affiliations

    • School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
    • ,
  • F. Cressy

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    • ,
  • L. Webb

      Affiliations

    • School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK

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doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2009.06.001

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