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‘IF ONLY WE HAD SOMEWHERE TO TURN …’ THE SERVICE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY IN A RURAL COMMUNITY
Author(s) -
Fyffe Chris,
McCubbery Jeffery
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1996.tb00216.x
Subject(s) - acquired brain injury , service (business) , ordination , nursing , rural community , rural area , service provider , medicine , rehabilitation , business , public relations , socioeconomics , sociology , political science , physical therapy , marketing , computer science , pathology , machine learning
This study reports the experiences of a group of people with acquired brain injury and their carers when assessing services in rural Victoria, Australia. There was a low level of professional awareness of acquired brain injury, which reduced access to information and produced poor co‐ordination and communication between and within services. The findings have specific implications for rural service providers, in particular general practitioners.