Persons with physical disabilities’ experiences of rehabilitation services at Community Health Centres in Cape Town.

@article{Kahonde2010PersonsWP,
  title={Persons with physical disabilities’ experiences of rehabilitation services at Community Health Centres in Cape Town.},
  author={Callista Kahonde and Nondwe Bongokazi Mlenzana and Anthea J Rhoda},
  journal={South African journal of physiotherapy},
  year={2010},
  volume={66},
  pages={2-7}
}
Background: Rehabilitation is of fundamental importance for the persons with disability to achieve functional independence and have an improved quality of life. To enhance the effectiveness of rehabilitation, it  is  important  to  seek  clients’  perspectives  of  the  rehabilitation  services and  to  incorporate  these  perspectives  into  the  planning  and  delivery  of rehabilitation  services.  The  aim  of  this  study  was  to  explore  the  persons with  physical  disabilities… 
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