Physical therapists embrace positive changes in health care, seeking to use and enhance our unique observation skills and movement analysis ability to offer patients the best in individualized, appropriate, safe, and effective treatment. While technology provides many opportunities for cutting-edge treatment, at the same time the new territory in which PTs and PTAs can find themselves requires asking the right questions to ensure that they are ethically and professionally determining the best plan of care for a patient.
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Ethics in Practice: When Is Physical Therapy "Digital"?
While technology shows promise for cutting-edge treatment, PTs and PTAs must ask the right questions to determine the best plan of care.
Date: Monday, August 1, 2022
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Date: August 1, 2022
Contact: aptamag@apta.org
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