title: Physiotherapy - open minds?
abstract: Among the major issues being debated within the physiotherapy profession at present are three which concern all and which must have a profound effect on the practice of physiotherapy in the future. They are: 1. the rescinding of the first ethical principle of the Australian Physiotherapy Association which allows physiotherapists to act as first-contact practitioners; 2. the inroading of other practitioners into what are regarded by the profession as traditional physiotherapy areas; and 3. the need to create senior management positions for physiotherapists within the various health departments to help plan and co-ordinate services.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, The University of Sydney.
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authors.lastname: McPhee