Physiotherapy
Volume 96, Issue 2 , Pages 160-168 , June 2010

Lost in translation? How patients perceive the extended scope of physiotherapy in the emergency department

  • Sophie Anaf

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 4781 6280; fax: +61 7 4781 6868.
    • ,
  • Lorraine A. Sheppard

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
    • University of South Australia, School of Health Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia

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doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2009.11.006

Physiotherapy
Volume 96, Issue 2 , Pages 160-168 , June 2010

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