Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 203-209 , February 2008

A Grand Unified Theory of Rehabilitation (We Wish!). The 57th John Stanley Coulter Memorial Lecture

Presented in part to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 6, 2007, Washington, DC.

  • John Whyte, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to John Whyte, MD, PhD, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, 60 E Township Line Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027.

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PII: S0003-9993(07)01836-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 203-209 , February 2008

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