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International perspectives on spinal cord injury /
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) has costly consequences both for individuals and society. People are left dependent are excluded from school and are less likely to be employed. Worst of all they risk premature death. SCI is both a public health and human rights challenge. With the right policy responses it...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva, Switzerland :
World Health Organization,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Nonserial Publications.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) has costly consequences both for individuals and society. People are left dependent are excluded from school and are less likely to be employed. Worst of all they risk premature death. SCI is both a public health and human rights challenge. With the right policy responses it is possible to live thrive and contribute with SCI anywhere in the world. People with SCI are people with disabilities and they are entitled to the same human rights and respect as all other people with disabilities. Once a person with SCI has had their immediate health needs met social and environ. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : illustrations, graphs |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789240693357 9240693351 9789240691858 9240691855 |