Quality of life issues for patients following traumatic brachial plexus injury – Part 1 A Literature review

published online 05 October 2009.

Summary

This paper introduces the brachial plexus anatomy with mechanisms of injury and proceeds to explore outcome assessment tools before a range of quality of life issues is addressed.

Keywords: Nursing, Qualitative research, Quality of life, Brachial plexus injury

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doi:10.1016/j.joon.2009.07.047

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