Policy statement: Description of physiotherapy

World Physiotherapy advocates that the profession of physiotherapy is responsible for articulating the profession’s scope of practice and defining the roles of physiotherapists. National physiotherapy associations are responsible for defining physiotherapy and physiotherapists’ roles relevant to their nation’s health service delivery needs, ensuring that they are consistent with accepted international guidelines set out by World Physiotherapy. National physiotherapy associations have a responsibility to seek support for legislation/regulation/recognition, which defines the distinctive and autonomous nature of physiotherapy practice, including the profession’s scope of practice

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Description of physiotherapy

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理学療法の説明

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policy statement: description of physiotherapy (French)

Description de la kinésithérapie

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policy statement: description of physiotherapy (Spanish)

Descripción de la fisioterapia

Spanish

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