In a study to ascertain the distribution of motor neurone disease patients in occupational therapy departments, it was found that care takes place in a variety of settings. Although occupational therapists based in the specialist units were seeing a comparatively larger number of patients, care was also provided in the nonspecialist units as well as in the community-based services. It is suggested that this finding illustrates the need for training occupational therapists in the management of motor neurone disease patients.
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