{"product_id":"therapy-for-amputees","title":"Therapy for Amputees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Therapy for Amputees (Hardcover, 352 pages) – Churchill Livingstone, 1999. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n Therapy for Amputeesis a book for ALL those who work with amputees. Written by a multidisciplinary team for a multidisciplinary readership, the book addresses all aspects of care and rehabilitation for this group of clients. The approach of the book is practical and easy to follow making it appropriate for use by the amputees themselves and those caring for them at home.It addresses the day to day problems of rehabilitation therapists and their clients in a practical way and considers the provision of care and rehabilitation for amputees as it is managed today. Originally published under the title Physiotherapy for Amputees the Roehampton Approach this new edition takes a broad team approach to this area of rehabilitation which reflects current practice. It acknowledges that the majority of clients now receive rehabilitation therapy in the general hospital setting or at home in the community.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTakes a practical, problem-based approach which is easy to follow\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eFollows a logical structure from assessment of the problems and the psychological impact on the client to evidence-based practice, audit and care protocols\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAddresses the concerns of the client with a chapter on Different Perspectives; The Users Point of View,and through practical advice and information for the amputees and their carers, on all aspects of their rehabilitation including details of patient\/user support groups\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eUses the terminology adopted for International Standards\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eExtensively referenced with contact points for access to further information on technical detail and new developments in hardware availability\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eHighly illustrated with 280 photographs and line drawings\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes details of producers and suppliers of prosthetic equipment and components\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook now multidisciplinary and multiauthor with 11 contributors from 2 expert UK based multidisciplinary teams working in Oxford and London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThere are 3 new chapters on: \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Psychological Impact of Amputation\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eDifferent Perspectives ; the users point of view (addresses patient\/user support groups; patient empowerment; professional special interest groups etc) \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTherapy Service Quality  addresses the issues of evidence based practice, standards\/audit\/outcome measurement: risk management, clinical guidelines, care protocols etc.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eImprovements to existing chapters include:\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn chapter 2 more on the Community Care Act, the Carer's Recognition and Services Act, continuing healthcare provision including eligibility criteria etc.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eIn chapter 5 more on check sockets, The Amputee Mobility Aid (AMA), advantages and disadvantages of early mobility equipment, prescription of indoor\/outdoor powered wheelchairs.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn chapter 9 Update on motion analysis laboratory measurements and physiotherapy biofeedback machines.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eIn chapter 20 more on osseointegration; surgery to problem stumps; meningococcal septicaemia.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter 21 on Multipathology and Complex Cases extensively revised and improved.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eTotal update of terminology to align with International Standards.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTotal update of information on upper and lower limb prosthetic components, (sockets, liners, cosmesis etc and now including recreational prostheses).\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eTotal update of information on wheelchairs.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAll 23 chapters are extensively referenced and give contact points for access to further technical detail and new developments in hardware availability from producers of prosthetic equipment and components.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eIncorporates information from the perspectives of providing rehabilitation in both developed and developing countries.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eGives practical advice and information for the amputees and their carers concerning all aspects of their rehabilitation \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eAlso includes a general bibliography for further reading. \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e280 illustrations (174 line and 106 photographs of which over 60 are completely new) \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e  ","brand":"Barbara Engstrom MCSP DipMgt(Open), Catherine Van de Ven MCSP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070416867562,"sku":"9780443059759","price":79.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/41N1FHCF47L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781261180","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/therapy-for-amputees","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}