Community Rehabilitation in Neurology

by Michael P. Barnes, Harriet Radermacher

Overview

Examining the growth trend towards community rehabilitation in neurology, this book is directed towards all clinicians involved with neurorehabilitation. The study analyzes community rehabilitation needs from diverse international perspectives that include the views of disabled people, rehabilitation clinicians and service providers. Many examples of community rehabilitation plans are presented, and supplemental case studies highlight the main issues. Chapters also cover the disabled child in the community and neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521808743
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/04/2003
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	7.13(w) x 10.04(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Michael Barnes is Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Hunters Moor Regional Neurorehabilitation Centre. He is Founder President of the World Forum for Neurological Rehabilitation, and his previous books include Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity (with Garth Johnson, Cambridge, 2001).

Harriet Radermacher was Research Associate in Community Rehabilitation, Hunters Moor Regional Neurorehabilitation Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Table of Contents

1. Background to community neurological rehabilitation; 2. Neurological rehabilitation - basic principles and models of delivery; 3. Models of disability; 4. Concepts of community; 5. The views of disabled people; 6. Outcome measures and research in the community; 7. Evidence base for community neurological rehabilitation; 8. Lessons from the south; 9. Other aspects of community neurological rehabilitation; 10. Community rehabilitation in childhood: concepts to inform practice Peter Rosenbaum and Mary Law; 11. Neuropsychological rehabilitation in the community Pamela Klonoff, David Lamb, Steven Henderson, Lauren Dawson, Jennifer Lutton, Jessica Grady and Harold Bialsky; 12. The way forward; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Community Rehabilitation in Neurology is...a useful and timely addition to the published work. This book will help hospital-based clinicians understand the climate and issues surrounding the delivery of community services to those patients they see only in a hospital setting." Diane Playford, The Lancet, Neurology

"[A] well-written, comprehensive book...One of the book's strongest qualities is its applicability to the work performed in paediatric rehabilitation the world over, benefiting all professionals engaged in rehabilitation, regardless of where they practice. We highly recommend this book." Lucia Willadino Braga, Marc A. Forman, Pediatric Rehabilitation

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