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Lower limb amputation : a guide to living a quality life /
Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer and other diseases. Lower limb amputation is relatively common and has a profound impact on a person's life, regardless of the cause. Feelings of loss and grief, difficulties in learning to walk with an artificial...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Demos Medical Pub.,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer and other diseases. Lower limb amputation is relatively common and has a profound impact on a person's life, regardless of the cause. Feelings of loss and grief, difficulties in learning to walk with an artificial limb, and readjustment to an interrupted life all pose considerable challenges. Nevertheless, there are countless stories of people who have successfully overcome these problems. This book provides the practical knowledge needed to cope with the life changes caused by lower limb amputation. It demystifie. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 132 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423769104 9781423769101 9781934559239 1934559237 |