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Rehabilitation

The Use of Theories and Models in Practice

  • 1st Edition - December 13, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Sally Davis
  • Language: English

This practical resource provides an overview of models and theories relevant to rehabilitation. It identifies the use of models in practice to facilitate interdisciplinary teamwork… Read more

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Description

This practical resource provides an overview of models and theories relevant to rehabilitation. It identifies the use of models in practice to facilitate interdisciplinary teamwork and to enable a client-centered approach. This book also employs case studies and questions for practice to aid in applying the theory to clinical practice.

Key features

  • The newly revised WHO International Classification of Function serves as a framework for the book.
  • Provides an overview of models and theories of rehabilitation.
  • Includes case studies and questions for practice included.
  • Aimed at the wide range of allied health disciplines that aid individuals in their progress towards rehabilitation.
  • Provides criteria that can be used to assess the usefulness of various models for rehabilitation.
  • Explains terminology and differences between professions.
  • Promotes interdisciplinary cooperation.
  • Identifies areas for future research.

Readership

Health care professionals including nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists working in rehabilitation settings, with disabled people, in elderly care settings, and in cancer and palliative care. The RCN Rehabilitation Nursing Forum has over 3,000 members in the UK.The book will be essential reading for MSc courses in rehabilitation, as well as recommended reading for pre-registration nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy students. Most undergraduate health courses now teach at least some of the curricula in a multi-professional forum, for which this book would be well suited.

Table of contents

ContributorsForewordIntroductionSection 1 – Rehabilitation and the ICF1. Rehabilitation at Macro and Micro Level 2. The International Classification of Function and HealthSection 2 – Models and Theories3. Models – Terminology and UsefulnessSection 3 – Models in Practice4. The Canadian Model of Occupational Performance5. The Illness Constellation Model6. From PLISSIT to ExPLISSIT7. Health Promotion Models8. The Kawa (River) Model: Client-Centred Rehabilitation in Cultural Context9. The Way ForwardIndex

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 9, 2006
  • Language: English

About the editor

SD

Sally Davis

Affiliations and expertise
Programme Leader, Rehabilitation, School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brooked University, Oxford, UK

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