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32 produkter
Breakdown of Speech
Causes and remediation
Häftad, 1991
568 kr
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The aims of this book are to increase awareness of speech development and skills and to explore some means by which improvements may be achieved when those skills are absent or disrupted. The contents include current thinking from research and recent literature, management techniques particularly …
Occupational Therapy in Rheumatology
An holistic approach
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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This book is written primarily for occupational therapists and occupational therapy students but will be of relevance to anyone working with clients with rheumatoid disease. It is hoped that the text will communicate the challenge faced by therapists to establish management programmes appropriate …
Counselling Skills for Health Professionals
Häftad, 1989
551 kr
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Counselling is a practical activity. The aim of this book is to offer a practical framework to enable those who work in the health profes sions to develop a range of counselling skills. It will also offer a theoretical grounding that may serve to inform counselling practice. The book is aimed at …
Keyboard, Graphic and Handwriting Skills
Helping people with motor disabilities
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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This book, of interest to all professionals who work with people with motor impairments, describes the gross and fine motor skills which are necessary when writing, drawing or using a keyboard. It describes areas of ability and impairment which should be investigated when assessing special needs in …
Multiple Sclerosis
Approaches to Management
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease, where myelin in the brain and spinal cord becomes inflamed, damaged and hardened into scar tissue. The nature of the disease and the problems it poses to affected individuals and their families leads to the involvement of many different …
Acute Head Injury
Practical management in rehabilitation
Av Ruth Garner
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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It is both a pleasure and a privilege to be invited to contribute a foreword to this book, which deserves - and needs - to be read by virtually everyone who is concerned with the treatment and subse quent welfare of the victims of severe injuries of the brain. Some friends, relatives and workmates …
Assessing Physically Disabled People At Home
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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In the current era of cost awareness and the pressure to free hospital beds as rapidly as possible, coupled with the move towards community care, there is increasing emphasis on returning and main taining disabled people in the community. Often, many health and welfare workers are involved in this …
Community Occupational Therapy with Mentally Handicapped Adults
Av Debbie Isaac
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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The philosophy of normalization and promotion of the plight of children and adults with mental handicaps has drawn more public attention in recent years. Governments in a number of countries have embarked upon policies involving the dosure of institutions, move ment of people with mental handicaps …
Management in Occupational Therapy
Av Z. B. Maslin
Häftad, 1991
568 kr
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My aim in writing this book was to provide a guide to management for student occupational therapists and practitioners in the field. It is not intended to provide an answer to every conceivable management situation. The organization and delivery of health and social services is being subjected to …
Occupational Therapy for Stroke Rehabilitation
Av Simon B. N. Thompson, Maryanne Morgan
Häftad, 1990
1128 kr
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This book is both an introductory text to the rehabilitation of stroke for student therapists and a reference text for qualified therapists. The layout of the book reflects these needs with Chapters 1-4 assuming a minimal level of understanding of the material. These chapters provide an …
Practical Physiotherapy with Older People
Av Lucinda Smyth, Rowena Kinsman m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
568 kr
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Contrary to popular belief, practice of physiotherapy with elderly patients is no easy option. In addition to grappling with the effects of multipathology it presents problems of accommodating to the patients' altering physiological state and the accumulating life events of older age. There are …
Working with Bilingual Language Disability
Häftad, 1989
568 kr
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The decision to write this book was taken by a group of practising speech therapists who worked with bilingually language handi capped children in the UK. They formed a professional interest group called the Specific Interest Group in Bilingualism because of the need felt by speech therapists to …
Teaching Interpersonal Skills
A handbook of experiential learning for health professionals
Häftad, 1989
568 kr
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Part of a series this book is aimed at therapists who are concerned with rehabilitation in a very broad sense. The author argues that most people, given a little time have the personal experience to enable them to help others to improve their interpersonal skills. It is aimed at anyone in the …
Limb Amputation
From aetiology to rehabilitation
Av R. Ham, L. T. Cotton
Häftad, 1991
568 kr
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The majority of amputations in the western world today are due to vascular disease. Despite the advances in surgical treatment of this disease, particularly by reconstruction, it is a sad fact that the number of amputations performed in these countries each year for vascular disease is increasing. …
Speech and Communication Problems in Psychiatry
Häftad, 1991
568 kr
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This volume represents a painstaking and scholarly introduction to the management of children and adults who have problems of communi cation related to, or in addition to, mental disorder. It is a relatively unexplored field having received scant attention until recent years, but the quality of …
Groupwork in Occupational Therapy
Av Linda Finlay
Häftad, 1993
1128 kr
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Written primarily for occupational therapists, this text explores the range of groupwork activities used within occupational therapy practice. Part one tackles theoretical aspects, while part two considers practical approaches to group managment. The text includes specific chapters on how to plan, …
Coping with Stress in the Health Professions
A practical guide
Häftad, 1991
568 kr
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Stress is a feature of all of our lives. The business of working in the health professions means that we are constantly being exposed to stress. That stress can sometimes be enriching and motivating. It has often been pointed out that stress can be positive or nega tive. When stress is positive, …
Early Identification of Language Impairment in Children
Häftad, 1992
536 kr
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This text draws together the principal issues related to the identification of language difficulties in pre-school children. Factors closely associated with the development of language such as cognitive skills, play, behaviour and hearing are discussed. The basic principles underlying early …
Teamwork in Neurology
Häftad, 1993
568 kr
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Rehabilitation of adults with acquired neurological impairment is a vast area of clinical practice. It taps the expertise of many different health care professionals, and this has led to the multidisciplinary or "team" approach to assessment, treatment and management. However, clients frequently …
Occupational Therapy for Orthopaedic Conditions
Av Dina Penrose
Häftad, 1993
568 kr
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This book is written with occupational therapy students in mind, as a guide to newly qualified occupational therapists and for those returning to work after a break in service. Over the years I have been asked many times by newly appointed staffwhether I could recommend a book to prepare them for …
Perceptuo-motor Difficulties
Theory and strategies to help children, adolescents and adults
Häftad, 1993
568 kr
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Those suffering with perceptuo-motor difficulties are often described as being clumsy. The latest research shows that the problems associated with this condition frequently persist through adolescence and into adult life. This study has been designed to help children, adolescents and adults by …
Effective Communication Skills for Health Professionals
Häftad, 1992
568 kr
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This book is about practical ways of enhancing communication between health professionals and their patients or clients and between those professionals and their colleagues. The text covers all aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication. Divided into four parts, communication skills are …
Social Skills for People with Learning Disabilities
A social capability approach
Av Mark Burton, Carolyn Kagan m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
536 kr
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Analysis and research on relationships;Communities and social networks;Social skill and social competence;Increasing competencies;Evaluating change.
Teaching Students in Clinical Settings
Häftad, 1993
568 kr
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As part of the pre-registration education for students who intend to enter health care work, periods of work experience are bullt into the curriculum. Students are placed in work settings, generally termed clinical settings, for specified periods, ranging from single days to extended periods of …
Community Mental Health
Practical approaches to longterm problems
Av Steve Morgan
Häftad, 1965
568 kr
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The client group referred to as the long-term mentally ill, the persistently severely mentally distressed, the chronically psychotic ill, or people with long-term mental health problems have generally received a poor deal from the traditional psychiatric services. Help has largely rested on …
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Häftad, 1995
1128 kr
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Spinal cord injury produces a unique multiplicity of problems which must be clearly understood by the considerable numbers of health care and rehabilitation professionals involved in their lifetime management. This book assumes an educational approach to spinal cord injury management, in which the …
Acupuncture in Clinical Practice
A guide for health professionals
Av Nadia Ellis
Häftad, 1994
568 kr
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Acupuncture is now practised widely throughout the world. Some use acupuncture for its pain relieving effects, and others use it as part of traditional Chinese medicine. This book addresses both aspects of acupuncture and demonstrates its practical application in clinical treatment. This is the …
Autism
Professional perspectives and practice
Av A.J. Ravelli, A. F. Bobbink m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
568 kr
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The features of this book include: the use of interactive video as a training medium; facilitating the transfer of training to work contexts; the communication audit and its role in quality assurance in health; working with groups as a communication strategy; defined and expanded practical …
Elder Abuse
Concepts, theories and interventions
Av Gerry Bennett, Paul W. Kingston
Häftad, 1993
624 kr
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Writing for Health Professionals
A Manual for Writers
Häftad, 1992
568 kr
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I try to leave out the parts that people skip. Elmore Leonard This book is all about writing: it is both a practical and a personal account. When you write a book like this you put yourself on the line: you run the risk of people reading what you have written and saying 'he's saying one thing and …
