Physiotherapy for vegetative and minimally conscious state patients: family perceptions and experiences
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Physiotherapy for vegetative and minimally conscious state patients: family perceptions and experiences.
PURPOSE To examine family perceptions of physiotherapy provided to relatives in vegetative or minimally conscious states. METHOD Secondary thematic analysis of 65 in-depth narrative interviews with family members of people in vegetative or minimally conscious states. RESULTS Families place great significance on physiotherapy in relation to six dimensions: "Caring for the person", "Maximisin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Disability and Rehabilitation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0963-8288,1464-5165
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1005759