ABSTRACT
As noted previously in this book, setting goals with patients and carers has become an integral activity in clinical rehabilitation (Playford, Siegert, Levack, & Freeman, 2009; Wade, 2009). In practice, the emphasis in rehabilitation is on making goals functional and meaningful to the patient. Nevertheless, the exact approach to set and monitor goals is much debated. One approach to goal setting that has gained prominence is that of goal attainment scaling (GAS). GAS has been proposed as a person-centred outcome measure that can be used to evaluate the gains from rehabilitation in the areas that matter most to patients and their families. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the application of GAS in the context of neurorehabilitation.
