Research Catalog

Title

Medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability / Donna Falvo.

Author

Falvo, Donna R.

Publication

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

xxiii, 572 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"With topics ranging from physical disability to conditions of psychiatric disability and addiction, Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability provides the knowledge necessary for health professionals to adequately assist individuals in altering and adjusting their daily lives to accommodate their illness or disability."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Disabled Persons > psychology
• Chronically ill > Rehabilitation
• Chronic Disease
• Chronic diseases > Social aspects
• Social Adjustment
• Disabled Persons > rehabilitation
• Chronic diseases > Psychological aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Psychosocial and functional aspects of chronic illness and disability -- Ch. 2. Conditions of the nervous system part I : conditions of the brain -- Ch. 3. Conditions of the nervous system part II : conditions of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system and neuromuscular conditions -- Ch. 4. Conditions of the eye and blindness -- Ch. 5. Hearing loss and deafness -- Ch. 6. Psychiatric disabilities -- Ch. 7. Conditions related to substance use -- Ch. 8. Conditions of the blood and immune system -- Ch. 9. Endocrine conditions -- Ch. 10. Conditions of the gastrointestinal system -- Ch. 11. Cardiovascular conditions -- Ch. 12. Conditions of the respiratory (pulmonary) system -- Ch. 13. Urinary tract and renal conditions -- Ch. 14. Conditions of the musculoskeletal system -- Ch. 15. Skin conditions and burns -- Ch. 16. Cancers -- Ch. 17. Assistive devices -- Ch. 18. Managed care and chronic illness and disability.

ISBN

0763731668

LCCN

2004017494

OCLC

• ocm56064718
• SCSB-5173091

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries