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Australian Journal of Physiotherapy Volume 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-237
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Physiotherapists and drug administration: A survey of practices in New South Wales Gwenda Lansbury 1
, Gerard Sullivan 2
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A self-administered, 61-item questionnaire, which inquired about the administration of prescription medications by physiotherapists, was mailed to a random sample of 25 per cent of clinical physiotherapists registered in NSW (n = 660). About one quarter of respondents, who were more likely to be private practitioners, administered prescription medications to their clients, 40 per cent of which occurred on a daily or weekly basis. The majority had approval from a physician and prescription medications were given as an integral part of the treatment regimen. More than 50 per cent of those physiotherapists who did administer prescription medications had no formal training in this practice except the little they had received in their undergraduate course.
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Key words Drugs; Medicine; Physical Therapy; Prescriptions; drugs
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G Lansbury BAppSc(Phty), BA, MCH is alecturer in the School of Physiotherapy at The University of Sydney.
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G Sullivan BA, DipEd, PhD is asenior lecturer in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at The University of Sydney.
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