Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 7-10 , 2009

A New Stroke Unit: Implementation Issues

  • Lorraine Sheppard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine, and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
    • School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence to: Dr Lorraine Sheppard, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
    • ,
  • Kwai Fu Ko, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 2 December 2009.

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PII: S1013-7025(10)70003-8

doi: 10.1016/S1013-7025(10)70003-8

Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 7-10 , 2009

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