Author : Piya Trevittaya
Publisher :
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 27,30 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Quality of life
ISBN :
Author : Marcy Joy Epstein
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 14,29 MB
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 047202504X
"This project fits into the larger picture of excellence that we wish to accomplish in all dimensions of our health system: groundbreaking and dedicated research, compassionate clinical care, progressive education, and a welcoming environment that includes community with people with disabilities. In Deep, the writers and editors of this book realize this mission with accuracy and clarity." ---Denise G. Tate, Director of Research at the University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System People with spinal cord injuries experience life beyond their medical and rehabilitative journeys, but these stories are rarely told. Deep: Real Life with Spinal Cord Injury includes the stories of ten men and women whose lives have been transformed by spinal cord injury. Each essay challenges the stereotypes and misconceptions about SCI---with topics ranging from faith to humility to sex and manhood---offering a multitude of voices that weave together to create a better understanding of the diversity of disability and the uniqueness of those individuals whose lives are changed but not defined by their injuries. Life with SCI can be traumatic and ecstatic, uncharted and thrilling, but it always entails a journey beyond previous expectations. This volume captures this sea change, exploring the profound depths of SCI experience.
Author : Lucas Machage Bunde
Publisher :
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Quality of life
ISBN :
Sustaining a spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious life-altering experience. Its consequences impact on many facets of an individual's life, including social roles, personal goals, and future life prospects. Persons with spinal cord injury experience variability in levels of impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions that may impact on their quality of life. The purpose of the studdy was to explore the experiences related to QOL in persons living with traumatic SCI in their communities following rehabilitation.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 38,69 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Medical care
ISBN :
"Every year between 250 000 and 500 000 people suffer a spinal cord injury, with road traffic crashes, falls and violence as the three leading causes. People with spinal cord injury are two to five times more likely to die prematurely. They also have lower rates of school enrollment and economic participation than people without such injuries. Spinal cord injury has costly consequences for the individual and society, but it is preventable, survivable and need not preclude good health and social inclusion. Ensuring an adequate medical and rehabilitation response, followed by supportive services and accessible environments, can help minimize the disruption to people with spinal cord injury and their families. The aims of International perspectives on spinal cord injury are to: --assemble and summarize information on spinal cord injury, in particular the epidemiology, services, interventions and policies that are relevant, together with the lived experience of people with spinal cord injury; --make recommendations for actions based on this evidence that are consistent with the aspirations for people with disabilities as expressed in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Author : Janice Leanne Beitel
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,40 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN :
This descriptive-exploratory study, guided by the human becoming theory, explored quality of life (QOL) for six persons within twelve weeks of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Four themes emerged: (1) resolving to prevail, (2) considering alternative views, (3) dwelling with enriching affiliations, and (4) bewildering uncertainty. Participants' perspectives shifted post-injury. An awareness that view and approach to life shaped QOL, and the determination to overcome limitations was expressed. Beyond presence, thinking and talking about important relationships contributed to QOL. Uncertainty pervaded the participants' experience. Themes are consistent with research related to the experiences of continuing through difficult times and life altering illnesses. Health professionals may contribute to QOL by facilitating links to important others, by engaging in discussions to surface changing views of a situation, by witnessing the struggle to overcome limitations, and by listening to how others live with uncertainty. Additional research on QOL will continue to build knowledge.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 2388 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Medicine
ISBN :
Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.
Author : Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 45,71 MB
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199733988
Rehabilitation psychology is one of the fastest growing fields in applied psychology. In this book the editor has successfully brought together a range of well established international and experienced researchers and practitioners to provide a guide to best practice, clinical management, and the wider professional themes and issues.
Author : Irene Papanicolas
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 2013-06-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 033524727X
International comparison of health system performance has become increasingly popular, made possible by the rapidly expanding availability of health data. It has become one of the most important levers for prompting health system reform. Yet, as the demand for transparency and accountability in healthcare increases, so too does the need to compare data from different health systems both accurately and meaningfully. This timely and authoritative book offers an important summary of the current developments in health system performance comparison. It summarises the current state of efforts to compare systems, and identifies and explores the practical and conceptual challenges that occur. It discusses data and methodological challenges, as well as broader issues such as the interface between evidence and practice. The book draws out the priorities for future work on performance comparison, in the development of data sources and measurement instruments, analytic methodology, and assessment of evidence on performance. It concludes by presenting the key lessons and future priorities, and in doing so offers a rich source of material for policy-makers, their analytic advisors, international agencies, academics and students of health systems.
Author : Lisa Harvey
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2008-01-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702036153
Combining 25 years of clinical, research and teaching experience, Dr Lisa Harvey provides an innovative 5-step approach to the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injury. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, this approach emphasises the importance of setting goals which are purposeful and meaningful to the patient. These goals are related to performance of motor tasks analysed in terms of 6 key impairments. The assessment and treatment performance of each of these impairments for people with spinal cord injury is described in the following chapters: training motor tasks strength training contracture management pain management respiratory management cardiovascular fitness training Dr Harvey develops readers' problem-solving skills equipping them to manage all types of spinal cord injuries. Central to these skills is an understanding of how people with different patterns of paralysis perform motor tasks and the importance of differentmuscles for motor tasks such as: transfers and bed mobility of people wheelchair mobility hand function for people with tetraplegia standing and walking with lower limb paralysis This book is for students and junior physiotherapists with little or no experience in the area of spinal cord injury but with a general understanding of the principles of physiotherapy. It is also a useful tool for experienced clinicians, including those keen to explore the evidence base that supports different physiotherapy interventions.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 21,25 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241548052
Volume numbers determined from Scope of the guidelines, p. 12-13.
