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Article: Facts, figures, and trends on spinal cord injury.(Spinal Cord Injury: Part 1 of 3)
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- American Rehabilitation
- Article date:
- September 22, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 U.S. Rehabilitation Services Administration. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The Model Spinal Cord Injury Care Systems began as a concept in the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). In 1968, several physicians in the speciality of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation convinced Congress about the needs of spinal cord injury (SCI) victims and the disarray of service delivery for persons with spinal cord injury. Congress subsequently mandated that RSA (then located in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) review the service delivery for persons with spinal cord injury and report back to Congress. James F. Garrett, Ph.D., J. Paul Thomas, John S. Young, M.D., and others conceptualized a model systems approach. In 1969, RSA ...