Rehabilitation in a rural setting of a young quadriplegic accident victim. Integrative clinicopathological conference: medical, psychosocial, economic, preventive, and ethical dimensions of a case study.
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Problems encountered by a young, unmarried woman who, as a result of a spinal injury in an automobile accident, loses use of all four limbs and requires complex home health care services delivered by a network of health and social service agencies in a rural area of Kentucky. Economic, psychosocial, ethical, preventive, and medical aspects of health care are discussed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 58 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985