Rehabilitation Medicine: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781710154 ISBN 13: 9780781710152

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1998

Synopsis

Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2001 & 2003The leading text in physical medicine and rehabilitation is now in its updated and expanded Third Edition.A team of over 100 recognised experts provides unparalleled coverage of the full range of issues in contemporary rehabilitation medicine - from basic science advances, to innovative patient management strategies, to the implications of managed care and the role of physiatrists as primary care physicians for individuals with disabilities. New chapters in the Third Edition cover international issues in: rehabilitation; interactions with the medicolegal system; research in physical medicine and rehabilitation; administration and management; primary care for persons with disabilities; injection procedures; recreation and sports for people with disabilities; complemen tary and alternative medicine; aquatic rehabilitation; adults with childhood onset of disabling disorders; vocational rehabilitation, independent living, and consumerism; rehabilitation of individuals with HIV; cumulative trauma disorders; postoperative orthopaedic disorders; health issues for women with disabilities; vestibular rehabilitation; and rehabilitation of patients with visual and hearing impairments.- This edition also contains many new illustrations

About this edition

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0781710154
• ISBN 13: 9780781710152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1856
• Editor: DeLisa Joel A., Gans Bruce Michael, Gerber Lynn H., Geiringer Steve R., Currie Donald M., Bockenek William L.