Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation; principles and practice, 2 vols RM930
2004-048722
0-7817-4130-0
Physical medicine and rehabilitation; principles and practice, 4th ed; 2v.
Title main entry. Ed. by Joel A. DeLisa et al.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [c]2005
1974 p.
$199.00
The 4th edition of this 2v text contains 88 chapters by 223 contributors, with a focus on practical application throughout that will be of use to practitioners. The material is grouped so that physical medicine is in v.1, and rehabilitation medicine is in v.2 with both volumes divided into principles of evaluation and management, management methods, major problems, and specific disorders. Each chapter is signed; most include lengthy lists of references. The chapter topics include disability determination, spinal injection procedures, palliative care, sports medicine, measuring quality of life in rehabilitation medicine, assistive technology, children with disabilities, and rehabilitation for patients with cancer. DeLisa and his co-editor Bruce M. Gans are at the New Jersey Medical School in Newark. The majority of the contributors teach and practice in the US.
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