Farida Kamran, Abdul Malik, Sarwat Malik, Shahidda Z Khan, Birgitte Kamran.
Awareness and Adherence to Occuaptional Therapy among Doctors in a Tertiary Care Hospitals.
J Dow Uni Health Sci Jan ;11(2):77-9.

Patients with disability in Asia are estimated between 5-10% of the population1 and in Pakistan estimated ratio of disability is 9.5% of population (JICA “Country Profile on Disability: Pakistan” March 2002).2 Disability has become a stigma in Pakistan and the needs of disabled include lack of reliable epidemiologic data, inadequate funding, poor health infrastructure and work force shortage.3 Thus comprehensive rehabilitation is integral to the attainment of a better quality of life for disabled persons and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is the branch of medicine that presents today’s best Physiatrist knowledge and techniques that is ideal for whole rehabilitation team.

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