Theory-based study of the basic values of 565 physical therapists.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There is a prevailing belief expressed in the physical therapy literature that values influence behavioral choices. There is, however, meager research on physical therapists' values. A values theory was used to study the organization of physical therapists' basic values and t...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 85; no. 9; pp. 834 - 851 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2005
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