Links to professional associations and other web sites of interest.

Australian:

• A safer place for patients: Learning to improve patient safety (National Audit Office)
• ACT Health
• ACT Insurance & risk management 
• Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)
• APA Code of conduct
• Australian Standards for Physiotherapy (Summary version)  
• Comcare Publications
• DAA Code of conduct (Dieticians Association of Australia)
• NSW Health - Health professionals page 
• NSW Ombudsman
• NSW Severity Assessment Code
• Open Disclosure Education and Organisational Support (Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in  Healthcare)
• Physiotherapy labour force 2002 (AIHW)
• Physiotherapy (HealthInsite) links to information on physiotherapy and its use for specific conditions
• Workcover NSW 
• Worksafe Victoria (Victorian WorkCover Authority)

UC Library subscribes to Standards On-Line. Check for Australian standards applying to some physiotherapy related equipment.

International:

• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation 
• Chartered Society Of Physiotherapy. Look at the Effective practice section

Other pages in this Guide:

• Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
• Journal Article and Other Databases
• Selected E-Journals
• Evidence Based Health Resources
• Clinical Guidelines
• Subject Gateways

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