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| July 1998, Volume 36, Number 7, Pages 514-519 |
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| Profile |
| The Guttmann Institute of Barcelona |
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| M Sarrias1,a, J M Ramirez1 and J Vidal3 |
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1Former Medical Director and Founder, Instituto Guttmann, Garcilaso 57, 08027 Barcelona, Spain
General Manager, Instituto Guttmann, Garcilaso 57, 08027 Barcelona, Spain
3Head Clinician, Instituto Guttmann, Garcilaso 57, 08027 Barcelona, Spain
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aAuthor for correspondence |
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| The Guttmann Institute is a hospital specialised in the comprehensive rehabilitation and medical/surgical treatment of persons suffering from spinal cord injury or from other severe physical disabilities. It opened in Barcelona in 1965 and was the first hospital in Spain dedicated to the treatment of paraplegic and tetraplegic patients, and the one which introduced into Spain the comprehensive approach to spinal cord injury developed by Sir Ludwig Guttmann at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the UK. The Guttmann Institute Foundation is a non-profit-making foundation and its hospital, the Guttmann Institute, forms part of the Public Service Hospital Network. The Guttmann Institute has a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary group of staff made up of specialised professionals; and it has the appropriate resources for the provision of thorough medical attention from a technical, scientific and human point of view. |
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| spinal cord injuries hospital; staff; rehabilitation; medical services; functional programmes |
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