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Physiotherapy : a psychosocial approach /

Physiotherapy: A Psychosocial Approach provides a variety of topics in the fields of sociology and psychology. This book examines the changing role of physiotherapists as their work shifts from hospital to community settings and as more work with patients and clients who have learning difficulties o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: French, Sally
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Physiotherapy: A Psychosocial Approach
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Society and the changing nature of illness and disease
  • HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN BRITAIN TODAY
  • HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES TODAY
  • THE MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2. Inequalities in health
  • SOCIAL CLASS
  • MEASURING HEALTH
  • SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH
  • GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH
  • REGIONAL INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH
  • INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF HEALTH
  • RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTHEXPLAINING INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3. Sex, gender and health care
  • SEX DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH STATE AND HEALTH STATUS
  • WOMEN AS PROVIDERS AND USERS OF HEALTH CARE
  • WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF HEALTH CARE: EXAMPLES FROM CHILDBIRTH AND MOTOR IMPAIRMENT
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4. Ethnicity, health and health care
  • DEFINING RACE AND ETHNICITY
  • THE ROLE OF STEREOTYPING
  • MINORITY STATUS
  • MIGRATION FROM THE N EW COMMONWEALTH AND PAKISTAN THE CURRENT SITUATION OF ETHNIC GROUPS
  • ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE
  • THE HEALTH OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES
  • MORTALITY RATES IN THE ETHNIC MINORITIES
  • ETHNICITY AND ILLNESS
  • MENTAL HEALTH OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES
  • MINOR PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS
  • HEALTH BELIEFS AND ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR OF ETHNIC MINORITIES
  • USE OF HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH CARE PROVISION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5. Ageism
  • AGEIST LANGUAGE
  • MISCONCEPTIONS OF OLD AGE
  • THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECYATTITUDES OF PROFESSIONALS
  • THE RELEVANCE OF AGEISM T O PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6. Institutional or community living?
  • INSTITUTION
  • COMMUNITY
  • INSTITUTIONAL VERSUS COMMUNITY LIVING
  • THE CARERS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7. Ethical decision-making in physiotherapy
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HOW DO HEALTH CARE ETHICS CONCERN THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST?
  • THEORETICAL ISSUES
  • MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 8. Communication in physiotherapy practice (1) THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION
  • NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
  • COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT SATISFACTION
  • COMMUNICATION AND RECOVERY RATE
  • THE ROLE OF THE PATIENT IN COMMUNICATION
  • TEACHING AND ASSESSING COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 9. Communication in physiotherapy practice (2)
  • MEMORY AND UNDERSTANDING
  • INCREASING UNDERSTANDING AND MINIMIZING FORGETTING
  • THE USE O F WRITTEN MATERIAL
  • ADHERENCE AND NON-ADHERENCE OF PATIENTS TO ADVICE
  • THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL