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Fisioterapia no Brasil: Profissão assegurada por Decreto-Lei

DECRETO-LEI N.938 / 69 DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 1969 DOU nº.197 de 14/10/69 – retificado em 16-10-1969 Sec. I – Pág. 3.658  Provê sobre as profissões de fisioterapeuta e terapeuta ocupacional, e dá outras

The process of physiotherapy professionalisation in the UK – Development of autonomy, Part IV

A Watershed in Professional Independence in the UK – The McMillan Report NOTE: Readers may be interested to know that Mr E.L. McMillan (Chairman of the McMillan working Party, in whose name the Report was

The process of physiotherapy professionalisation in the UK – Development of autonomy, Part III

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Physiotherapy in the UK suffered several setbacks on the road to professional autonomy.  This was very disappointing for physiotherapy in the UK, particularly given the developments which took

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A Royal Charter: 100 years old but still relevant

As the Canadian Physiotherapy Association celebrates its centenary year, 2020 also marks an important historical milestone for the Charted Society of Physiotherapy in the UK – 100 years since it received a Royal Charter. On

The process of physiotherapy professionalisation in the UK – Development of autonomy, Part II

Introduction¹ My previous contribution to IPHA articles (March 2020) presented an overview of the relationship between the medical profession and physiotherapy following the introduction of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK exemplified through

The process of physiotherapy professionalisation in the UK – Development of autonomy, Part I

Notes on the relationship between physiotherapy and the medical profession in the early days of the National Health Service In the early days of the UK National Health Service (which came into being on 5thJuly,

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