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Rehabilitation in Practice

Physiotherapy in Afghanistan – Needs and challenges for development

Jenny Wickford Department of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Box 455, SE-405 30, Göteborg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, MSc, RPT,
John Hultberg Department of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Box 455, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden
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Susanne Rosberg Department of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Box 455, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden
Pages 305-313 | Accepted 01 Jan 2007, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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