Goal Setting in Rehabilitation – State of the Art in German Rehabilitation and Research

Setting specific and individual rehabilitation goals is a key feature of qualified rehabilitation. It may fulfill several functions: the function of tuning goal issues and target values, the motivating function of clarifying and specifying the patient's objectives and concerns as well as planning implementation and anticipating barriers, which are crucial for self management in behavior change; the function of external quality assurance, that is the definition and tuning of goal issues and target values by experts and agencies. Corresponding to the significance and multiple function of goal setting in rehabilita…