September 2013

Features

• The Power of Professionalism

  What's in a word? A term with profound implications for patients, PTs, the profession, and society.

• Critical and Acute Care: Lessons From Boston

  Many of the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing were receiving physical therapy the very next day.

• 2013 Conference Highlights

  View conference highlights from APTA's 2013 Conference and Exposition.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: Dispelling the Myth of Maintenance Care: Jimmo v Sebelius

  The implications of a court ruling on the "improvement standard."

• Ethics in Practice: Hurry Up and Heal

  The perils of impatience.

• PTAs Today: The Clinic Within

  Physical therapy services at the worksite.

• This Is Why: Taking Flight

  Finding success on the ground in rural Alaska.

• Marketplace

  Industry News

• PT Resource

  - Health Care Headlines
  - Research Roundup
  - Business Sense
  - The Funny Bone
  - Data Points