Medical Aspects of Disability: A Handbook for the Rehabilitation Professional, 3rd Edition

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Herbert H. Zaretsky, Edwin F. Richter III, MD, Myron G. Eisenberg, PhD
Springer Publishing Company, 2005 M06 21 - 923 páginas
"Like its predecessor, the book remains one of the best sources of rehabilitation practice preparation for students and the most enlightened guide for rehabilitation professionals. --Nan Zhang Hampton, PhD, CRC Department of Counseling and School Psychology University of Massachusetts

Medical Aspects of Disability has continually been the go-to resource for health care professionals, educators, and students. Now in its fourth edition, this landmark volume has been substantially revised, updated, and expanded-comprehensively describing aspects of disability pertaining to medical conditions commonly encountered in rehabilitation settings.

This edition discusses important topics that have come to the forefront of medical rehabilitation and disability, covering disabling conditions and disorders not only from clinical but also functional and psychological perspectives. Chapter authors, among the most widely respected authorities in their respective fields, provide comprehensive guides on what to expect and how to manage each medical issue, discussing the causative agents, classification, pain management, psychological factors, and much more.

Emerging Topics Discussed:

  • Social work in physical medicine
  • The information revolution, disability, and assistive technology
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Trends in medical rehabilitation delivery and payment systems
  • Legislation and rehabilitation professionals
  • Telerehabilitation: solutions to distant and international care

Disabling Conditions and Disorders Included:

  • Geriatric rehabilitation
  • Limb deficiency
  • Organ transplantation
  • Cardiovascular disorders
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Epilepsy
  • Visual impairments
  • Peripheral vascular disorders
  • Rehabilitation in cancer patients
  • AIDS and HIV
  • Rehabilitation in burns
  • Speech, language, hearing, and swallowing disorders
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Body Systems
43
Disabling Conditions and Disorders
57
Alzheimers Disease
81
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Herb Zaretsky, PhD, is currently clinical professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and has also served for many years as the administrator, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rusk Institute, New York University--Langone Medical Center. Edwin F. Richter III, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University School of Medicine and Associate Clinical Director of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Physical Medicine and rehabilitation. He serves as director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Program, the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Program, and the Adult Spasticity Clinic at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, and is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Brain Injury Society. Myron G. Eisenberg, PhD, is Director of Psychological Services and Director of Research Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hampton, VA, and is Associate Professor of both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk. Additionally, Dr. Eisenberg is the Associate Chief of Staff for education and Research at the Hampton VA Medical Center, and the Education Manager for the Veterans Administration's Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network which includes eight Medical Centers in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

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