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Practical psychology in medical rehabilitation /

This easy-access guide summarizes the dynamic specialty of rehabilitation psychology, focusing on real-world practice in the medical setting. It begins by placing readers at the frontlines of practice with a solid foundation for gathering information and communicating effectively with patients, fami...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Budd, Maggi A; Hough, Sigmund; Wegener, Stephen T; Stiers, William
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Medicine
Rehabilitation
Social Work
Neuropsychology
Medicine & Public Health
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34034-0
Summary: This easy-access guide summarizes the dynamic specialty of rehabilitation psychology, focusing on real-world practice in the medical setting. It begins by placing readers at the frontlines of practice with a solid foundation for gathering information and communicating effectively with patients, families, and staff. The book s topics run a wide gamut of patient conditions (neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular), related problems (sleep and fatigue issues, depression) and practitioner responses (encouraging coping and compliance, pediatric and geriatric considerations). Models of disab
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xxi,595pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319340340
Index Number: RD792
CLC: R749
Contents: Basics and Biopsychosocial Practicalities -- Information gathering and documentation -- Language of rehabilitation -- Basic lab findings -- Neurology of neuropsychology -- Neurology -- Imaging basics -- Everyday psychopharmacology -- Practical ethics -- Models of adaptation and resilience -- Disability models -- Social participation and ability/disability -- Forensic issues: health care proxy, advance directives, and guardianship -- Populations, Problems, and Procedures -- Traumatic brain injury -- Stroke -- Neurological tumors. Spinal cord injury -- Multiple sclerosis -- Sensory impairments

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