Brain Injury Medicine: Principles And Practice - Couverture rigide

Zasler, Nathan D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1888799935 ISBN 13 : 9781888799934

Editeur : Demos Medical Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

A guide to various aspects of the management issues involved in caring for the person with brain injury - from early diagnosis and evaluation through the post-acute period and rehabilitation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the management issues involved in caring for the person with brain injury - from early diagnosis and evaluation through the post-acute period and rehabilitation. It is the definitive core text needed by all practitioners in this area, including physiatrists, neurologists, psychologists, nurses, and other health care professionals.Written by over 100 acknowledged leaders in the field, and containing hundreds of tables, graphs, and photographic images, the text deals with issues of neuroimaging and neurodiagnostic testing, prognosis and outcome, acute care, rehabilitative care, treatment of specific populations, neurologic problems following injury, neuromusculoskeletal problems, and general management issues.Key features include:Emphasis on a disease state management approach to patient assessment and treatmentPromotion of a holistic, biopsychosocial model of patient assessment and careReview of current expert consensus on practice guidelinesExploration of epidemiologic and basic pathophysiologic aspects of brain injuryExamination of clinical issues throughout the continuum of rehabilitative careCutting edge, practical information based on the authors' extensive clinical experience that will positively impact patients and families following brain injury

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Demos Medical Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1888799935
• ISBN 13: 9781888799934
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 1276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible