Advancing Physical Therapy Practice: The Accountable Practitioner
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Advancing physical therapy practice: the accountable practitioner.
We are excited to introduce 2 special issues in the Journal that feature articles relevant to direct access physical therapist practice. The rationale for covering these topics in the physical therapy literature is clear: the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA’s) Vision 2020 states that, ‘‘By 2020, physical therapy will be provided by physical therapists who are doctors of physical t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0190-6011,1938-1344
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2005.0110