The Joint Services Medical Rehabilitation Unit at RAF, Chessington, has developed a rehabilitation programme for brain damaged patients. It is a mixture of individual and group treatment, and is planned and carried out by a multidisciplinary team of therapists in conjunction with the resident specialist medical officer.
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