Research Catalog

Title

Medical aspects of disability : a handbook for the rehabilitation professional / Myron G. Eisenberg, Robert L. Glueckauf, Herbert H. Zaretsky, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer Pub. Co., [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Eisenberg, Myron G.
• Glueckauf, Robert L.
• Zaretsky, Herbert H.

Description

xxiii, 718 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• New chapters on rehabilitation nursing, telehealth, and computers as assistive technology ensure currency for introductory courses on medical disability.
• The second edition of the text provides the widest view of current medical and psychosocial issues affecting persons with disabilities. Initial chapters on key topics are followed by explorations of specific aspects of functioning, treatments - including alternative therapies - prognosis, and psychological and vocational implications. There is new material on interventions for special conditions arising from traumatic brain injury, vascular disorders and AIDS.

Series Statement

Springer series on rehabilitation

Uniform Title

Springer series on rehabilitation.

Subject

• Chronic diseases
• Disability Evaluation
• Disability evaluation
• Disabled Persons > rehabilitation
• Medical rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation > methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. An Introduction to Key Topics and Issues. 1. Comprehensive Rehabilitation: Themes, Models, and Issues / Robert Allen Keith. 2. Body Systems: An Overview / Jung H. Ahn -- Pt. II. Disabling Conditions and Disorders. 3. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Robert H. Remien, James Satriano and Alan Berkman. 4. Alzheimer's Disease / Barry Reisberg, Emile H. Franssen and Liduin E. M. Souren [et al.]. 5. Traumatic Brain Injury / Thomas M. Dixon and Barry S. Layton. 6. Burn Injuries / G. Fred Cromes, Jr. and Phala A. Helm. 7. Cancers / Ingrid Freidenbergs and Esin Kaplan. 8. Cardiovascular Disorders / Mariano J. Rey. 9. Chronic Pain Syndromes / Andrew R. Block, Edwin F. Kremer and Craig C. Callewart. 10. Diabetes Mellitus / John C. Guare, Greg A. Myers and David G. Marrero. 11. Epilepsy / Robert T. Fraser. 12. Speech, Language, Hearing, and Swallowing Disorders / Patricia Kerman Lerner and Kimberly Hauck.
• 13. Hematological Disorders / Bruce G. Raphael. 14. Developmental Disabilities / Richard J. Morris and Yvonne P. Morris. 15. Neuromuscular Disorders / Hana Ilan. 16. Orthopedic Impairments / Edwin F. Richter III. 17. Ostomy Surgeries / Mary Ellen Olbrisch, Jolie Blankenship and Kathleen Hudson [et al.]. 18. Pediatric Disorders: Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida / Joan T. Gold. 19. Peripheral Vascular Disorders / Glenn R. Jacobowitz and Thomas S. Riles. 20. Psychiatric Disabilities / Gary R. Bond. 21. Pulmonary Disorders / Frederick A. Bevelaqua and Francis V. Adams. 22. Chronic Renal Failure / Kotresha Neelakantappa and Jerome Lowenstein. 23. Rheumatic Diseases / Sicy H. Lee and Steven B. Abramson. 24. Spinal Cord Injury / Allen W. Heinemann. 25. Hemiplegia / Leonard Diller. 26. Substance Use Disorders / Constance C. Saltz, Marcia Lawton and Muriel Gray. 27. Visual Impairments / Bruce P. Rosenthal and Roy Gordon Cole -- Pt. III. Special Topics.
• 28. Alternative Medicine and Its Relationship to Rehabilitation / Mary F. Bezkor and Mathew H. M. Lee. 29. Rehabilitation Nursing: Evaluating Patients Toward Independence / Jeanne Dzurenko. 30. Social Work and Rehabilitation / Esther Chachkes. 31. Telehealth: Emerging Technology in Rehabilitation and Health Care / Robert L. Glueckauf, Brad Hufford and Jeff Whitton [et al.]. 32. The Computer Revolution and Assistive Technology / Leonard Holmes. 33. Trends in Medical Rehabilitation Delivery and Payment Systems / Donald G. Kewman, Kristofer J. Hagglund and Nancy E. Wirth. 34. Legislation and Rehabilitation Service Delivery / Susanne M. Bruyere and Rebecca K. DeMarinis.

ISBN

0826179711

LCCN

98050679

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries