Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability

by Falvo, Donna R.

• ISBN13: 9780763744618
• ISBN10: 0763744611
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-30
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Diseases, Fourth Edition covers the medical aspects of those conditions commonly encountered by rehabilitation and other health professionals and discusses symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses.This Fourth Edition has been completely revised and updated and reflects an approach consistent with the philosophical underpinnings of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). New chapters on Conceptualizing Chronic Illness and Disability; Intellectual Disability; and Financing Rehabilitation have been added. In addition, chapters on Psychiatric Disability, Substance Use, and Conditions of the Blood and Immune System have been expanded

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Special Acknowledgment	p. xi
Contributor	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Conceptualizing Chronic Illness and Disability	p. 1
Psychosocial and Functional Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability	p. 9
Conditions of the Nervous System: Part I	p. 35
Conditions of the Nervous System: Part II-Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nervous System, and Neuromuscular Conditions	p. 91
Conditions of the Eye and Blindness	p. 141
Hearing Loss and Deafness	p. 163
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	p. 195
Psychiatric Disabilities	p. 221
Conditions Related to Substance Use	p. 261
Conditions of the Blood and Immune System	p. 293
Endocrine Conditions	p. 333
Conditions of the Gastrointestinal System	p. 353
Cardiovascular Conditions	p. 379
Conditions of the Respiratory (Pulmonary) System	p. 411
Kidney and Urinary Tract Conditions	p. 445
Conditions of the Musculoskeletal System	p. 475
Skin Conditions, Burns, and Facial Disfigurement	p. 525
Cancers	p. 547
Assistive Technology	p. 575
Financing, Delivery, and Allocation for Rehabilitation Services in the United States by Michael Landry, PhD	p. 589
Medical Terminology	p. 601
Glossary of Medical Terms	p. 605
Medications	p. 623
Glossary of Diagnostic Procedures	p. 627
Index	p. 633
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