Medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability

Falvo, Donna R. (author.). Holland, Beverley E., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781284105407
ISBN: 1284105407
Physical Description: print
xiii, 650 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1. Conceptualizing functioning, disability, and health, p.1 -- Chapter 2. Psychosocial and functional aspects of health conditions, p.11 -- Chapter 3. Introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system, p.33 -- Chapter 4. Traumatic brain injury, p.43 -- Chapter 5. Stroke, p.71 -- Chapter 6. Epilepsy and other conditions of the nervous system, p.85 -- Chapter 7. Traumatic spinal cord injury, p.95 -- Chapter 8. Multiple sclerosis, p.111 -- Chapter 9. Neurodegenerative and neuromuscular conditions, p.121 -- Chapter 10. Post- polio syndrome and other conditions of the nervous system, p.135 -- Chapter 11. Developmental conditions: Cerebral palsy and spina bifida, p.145 -- Chapter 12. Neurodevelopmental disorders, p.163 -- Chapter 13. Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions: Functional and vocational implications, p.193 -- Chapter 14. Functional implications of selected psychiatric diagnoses, p.215 -- Chapter 15. Substance- related and addictive disorders, p.237 -- Chapter 16. Conditions of the eye and blindness, p.263 -- Chapter 17. Hearing loss and deafness, p.281 --