Medical Aspects of Disability : a Handbook for the Rehabilitation Professional /

The delivery of rehabilitation care has markedly changed over the past several years with regards to resource availability and regulatory requirements. These changes have significantly impacted not only rehabilitation medicine but other medical fields as well. As a result, the fourth edition of this...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Flanagan, Steven R. (Editor ), Zaretsky, Herbert H. (Editor ), Moroz, Alex (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Publishing Company, ©2011.
Edición:4th edition.
Temas:
Medical rehabilitation.
Chronic diseases.
Disability evaluation.
Disabled Persons > rehabilitation
Disability Evaluation
Rehabilitation > methods
Rehabilitation
Chronic Disease
Réadaptation.
Maladies chroniques.
Invalidité > Évaluation.
MEDICAL > Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Chronic diseases
Disability evaluation
Medical rehabilitation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: An introduction to key topics and issues
  • Introduction / Kate Parkin, John R. Corcoran, and Tara Denham.
  • Part II: Disabling conditions and disorders
  • Disabling conditions seen in AIDS and HIV infection / Jennifer Sayanlar, Fran R. Wallach, and Adam B. Stein
  • Alzheimer's disease / Barry Reisberg [and 6 others]
  • Traumatic brain injury / Brian Im [and 4 others]
  • Rehabilitation in burns / Alan W. Young, W. Scott Dewey, and Steven E. Wolf
  • The role of rehabilitation in cancer patients / Reema Batra and Parul Jajoo
  • Cardiovascular disorders / Ana Mola, Jonathan H. Whiteson, and Mariano J. Rey
  • Chronic pain syndromes / Christopher G. Gharibo and M. Fahad Khan
  • Diabetes mellitus / David G. Marrero
  • Epilepsy / Robert T. Fraser, John W. Miller, and Erica K. Johnson
  • Speech, language, hearing, and swallowing disorders / Nancy Eng and Patricia Kerman Lerner
  • Hematological disorders / Bruce G. Raphael
  • Developmental disabilities / Richard J. Morris and Yvonne P. Morris
  • Neuromuscular disorders / Jeffrey M. Cohen, Marissa Cohler, and Ludmilla Bronfin
  • Musculoskeletal disorders / Joseph E. Herrera, Jung Woo Ma, and Pete-Gaye Nation
  • Pediatric disorders: cerebral palsy and spina bifida / Joan T. Gold and David Salsberg
  • Geriatric rehabilitation / Monwara Hassan, Adrian Cristian, and Teina Daley
  • Introduction to peripheral vascular disorders / Glenn R. Jacobowitz
  • Limb deficiency / Jeffrey M. Cohen and Joan E. Edelstein
  • Organ transplantation and rehabilitation / Jeffrey M. Cohen, Mark Young, and Bryan O'Young
  • Psychiatric disabilities / Marina Kukla and Gary R. Bond
  • Pulmonary disorders / Frederick A. Bevelaqua and Susan Garritan
  • Chronic kidney disease / Kotresha Neelakantappa and Jerome Lowenstein
  • Rheumatic diseases / Sicy H. Lee and Steven B. Abramson
  • Spinal cord injury / Jung Ahn and Jeffrey Berliner
  • Stroke / Michal Eisenberg and Ira Rashbaum
  • Visual impairments / Bruce P. Rosenthal and Roy Gordon Cole.
  • Part III: Special topics
  • Complementary and alternative medicine / Alex Moroz and Robert A. Schulman
  • Rehabilitation nursing: educating patients toward independence / Jeanne Dzurenko
  • Social work in physical medicine and rehabilitation / Patrick Inniss
  • The computer revolution, disability, and assistive technology / Mark A. Young and Bryan O'Young
  • Trends in medical rehabilitation delivery and payment systems / Mary C. Ellis and Kristofer J. Hagglund
  • Legislation and rehabilitation professionals / Susanne M. Bruyère, Sara A. Van Looy, and Thomas P. Golden
  • Accreditation--a quality framework in the consumer-centric era / Brian J. Boon
  • Challenges and opportunities for quality in rehabilitation / Dale C. Strasser
  • Telerehabilitation: solutions to distant and international care / Andrew J. Haig
  • Future directions of rehabilitation research / Tamara Bushnik.

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