Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 652-659 , April 2008

Use of Goal Attainment Scaling in Inpatient Rehabilitation for Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

  • Fary Khan, MBBS, FAFRM (RACP)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Melbourne, and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne VIC, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Fary Khan, MBBS, FAFRM (RACP), Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Melbourne, Neurological Rehabilitation Physician-Royal Melbourne Hospital, Poplar Rd, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Julie F. Pallant, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Rural Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia
    • ,
  • Lynn Turner-Stokes, MBBS, MA, DM, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Herbert Dunhill Chair of Rehabilitation, Kings College London, UK.

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 Supported by the Luff Foundation and the Dunhill Medical Trust.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00028-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.049

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 652-659 , April 2008

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