Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy

by Jacobs, Karen; Jacobs, Laela

• ISBN13: 9781556426568
• ISBN10: 1556426569
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781556424953, 9781556426865
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-10
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated
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Summary

Are you an occupational therapy professional who requires information at your fingertips or a student searching for quick answers to your questions? If so, thenQuick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy, Fourth Editionis the perfect reference to have by your side.This definitive companion provides quick access to words, their definitions, and important resources used in everyday practice and the classroom. Used by thousands of your peers and colleagues, theQuick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy, Fourth Editionis one of a kind and needed by all in the profession.Incorporated within this user-friendly fourth edition are innovative and unique features that help you keep pace with the latest in occupational therapy. Over 3,600 terms are defined (over 400 more than last edition) and 60 appendices are presented (including 9 new items). Essential AOTA references are featured, including theOccupational Therapy Code of Ethics- 2000, makingQuick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy, Fourth Editionideal for students and professionals to enhance their knowledge base. With the latest information and resources to help you stay on top of the OT and OTA profession, this pocket size companion is perfect for everyone!

Author Biography

Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA, is an occupational therapist and an ergonomist as well as a clinical professor of occupational therapy at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Boston, MA. She is a former president and vice president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, an author of texts on work practice, the founding editor of the interdisciplinary and international journal, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation (IOS Press, The Netherlands), and is widely published. She is internationally recognized as an expert in ergonomics and health care marketing and has presented numerous workshops, keynote addresses, and training programs on these subjects.
Professor Jacobs, who lives in Andover, MA, is married to Matthew Gold and is the mother of three children—Laela, Joshua, and Ariel. She balances work with occupations such as kayaking, gardening, travel, photography, and cross-country skiing.
Laela Jacobs OTR/L, is currently practicing as a Rehab Manager at a sub-acute facility in Wrentham, MA. She received her degree in occupational therapy from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL.
Laela, her husband Craig Simon, and their two dogs live in North Attleboro, MA. Her interests include theater, travel, gardening, and most importantly spending time with her family.a

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

Introduction

Dictionary of Terms

Bibliography

List of Appendices

Acronyms and Abbreviations: General

Acronyms: Evaluations

Acronyms: Organizational

American Occupational

Therapy Association Occupational

Therapy Code of Ethics (2000)

American Occupational

Therapy Association Core Values and Attitudes of Occupational

Therapy Practice

American Occupational

Therapy Association Enforcement Procedure for Occupational

Therapy Code of Ethics (2000)

American Occupational Therapy

Association's Past Presidents

American Occupational Therapy

Association Vision and Mission Statements

Bones of the Body

Braille Alphabet

Basic Signs and Tips for Communicating with Individuals With Hearing Impairments

Brunnstrom's Stages of Recovery

Classifications of Seizures and Epilepsy

Cranial Nerves

Dermatomes

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition)

Diseases, Pathologies, and Syndromes Defined

Functional Abilities by Spinal Cord Injury Level

Frames of Reference Used in Occupational Therapy

Grading Edema

Grading for Balance: Graded Posture Movement Ability of Individual

Growth and Development in Early Childhood

Guidelines for Blood Pressure Management in Adults & Target Heart Rate

Grasp and Pinch Averages

International Classification of Impairment, Disability, and Handicap (ICIDH-2)

Laboratory Values

Legislation and Policy Decisions Affecting Rehabilitation

Levels of Assistance

Manual Muscle Testing

Medical Roots Terminology

Metabolic Equivalent (MET) Values for Activity and Exercise

Metric System

Metric and English Conversion

Muscles of the Body

Muscles: Origin/Insertion/Action-Innervation-Blood Supply

Prescription Drugs Delineated By Disease and Disorder

Rancho Los Amigos Scale of Cognitive Functioning

Range of Motion

Range of Motion: Illustrations

Reflex/Reaction

Splints

Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

Stages of Decubitus Ulcers

State Regulatory Entities

Statistics: Basic

Suggested Reading

Symbols

Total Hip Precautions

Useful German Phrases

Useful German Words

Useful French Phrases

Useful French Words

Useful Portuguese Phrases

Useful Portuguese Words

Useful Spanish Phrases

Useful Spanish Words

Wheelchair Measurement Procedures

Weights and Measures

Workstation Checklist

World Wide Web Sites in Rehabilitation

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