Stroke Rehabilitation - E-Book (eBook)

A Function-Based Approach

Glen Gillen (Autor)

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2015 | 4. Auflage
768 Seiten
Elsevier Health Care - Lehrbücher (Verlag)
978-0-323-17282-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Learn to confidently manage the growing number of stroke rehabilitation clients with Gillen's Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach, 4th Edition. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, this text remains the only comprehensive, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation resource for occupational therapists. The new edition has been extensively updated with the latest information, along with more evidence-based research added to every chapter. As with previous editions, this comprehensive reference uses an application-based method that integrates background medical information, samples of functionally based evaluations, and current treatment techniques and intervention strategies.

• Evidence-based clinical trials and outcome studies clearly outline the basis for stroke interventions.
• UNIQUE! Survivor's Perspectives help readers understand the stroke rehabilitation process from the client'' point-of-view. 
• UNIQUE! Case studies challenge readers to apply rehabilitation concepts to realistic scenarios.
• UNIQUE! A multidisciplinary approach highlights discipline-specific distinctions in stroke rehabilitation among occupation and physical therapists, physicians, and speech-language pathologists.
• Review questions in each chapter help readers assess their understanding of rehabilitation concepts. 
• Key terms and chapter objectives at the beginning of each chapter help readers study more efficiently.

• Three new chapters broaden your understanding of stroke intervention in the areas of Using Technology to Improve Limb Function, Managing Speech and Language Deficits after Stroke, and Parenting after Stroke.
• Learning activities and interactive references on a companion Evolve Resources website help you review textbook content and locate additional information.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Rehabilitation
• ISBN-10: 0-323-17282-2 / 0323172822
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-17282-0 / 9780323172820