A more perfect union: Reports from an interdisciplinary primary care clinic for patients with spinal cord injury

摘要

The literature suggests that patients with spinal cord injury may have limited physical access to health care, receive fewer preventive services than able-bodied patients, and rely on physiatrists to provide primary care services. In this essay, the authors – an internist and a physiatrist – reflect on a year-long experience of cooperatively caring for patients with spinal cord injury in an interdisciplinary setting.