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This updated 6th Edition is fully aligned with the most current DSM-5 and Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th Edition, and adds new chapters reflecting recent advances in the management of infectious diseases, general deconditioning, musculoskeletal pain, amputations, and sickle cell anemia. Each chapter follows a consistent format, presenting an opening case followed by descriptions and definitions, etiology, incidence and prevalence, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, course and prognosis, medical/surgical management, impact on occupational performance, and two case illustrations. Rounded out with robust instructor resources and new full-color imagery, this bestselling resource is an essential tool for today’s occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students.
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Conditions in Occupational Therapy focuses on chronic health problems and their impact on an individual's physical, cognitive, psychological, and social capabilities. Readers learn how the patient's age, life tasks, and living environment affect occupational therapy needs, and how to determine what occupational therapy services to provide. Chapters present the etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and progression of conditions frequently encountered in practice. Case studies at the end of every chapter help students apply the content to real-life clinical situations. This edition includes new chapters on vision disorders, muscular dystrophy, infectious diseases, and developmental trauma disorder. The expanded art program includes more photos, drawings, charts, and graphs.
For occupational therapists who want to incorporate health promotion or prevention into their practices, here is a thought-provoking new volume. Health Promotion and Preventive Programs highlights existing models of occupational therapy practice, targeting populations ranging from infants to the elderly, that incorporate principles of prevention and health promotion into traditional health care practice arenas. This important new book describes a variety of occupational therapy services, each of which uses principles of primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention principles, including a health education program for parents of well babies and toddlers, a community outreach program for preschoo...
Interaction between professionals/students in various disciplines leads to greater respect, cooperation, and practical knowledge for all!Interprofessional Collaboration in Occupational Therapy, written by experienced occupational therapists, examines successful programs and models of practice involving collaboration between OT clinicians and allied health professionals. This vital information can help you deliver services to the elderly, the underserved, and the chronically ill that are more effective than traditional primary care models.This book will show you how to apply the concepts of interprofessional collaboration to: increase professional competence and public accountability improve the cost-effectiveness of the way your resources are used gain better evidence-based decision-making skills make more effective referrals avoid duplication of services to clients make better use of faculty time and classroom space by teaching subjects common to various health professions--anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and other basic sciences
THE GUNSMITH HAD BETTER PLAY HIS CARDS RIGHT... Men from all over are playing their way to Iowa, hoping to make a fortune in a roll of the dice or in a backroom game of cards. They're trying to cash in on an unpredictable little lady called Luck—and Clint Adams is no different. But along with big winnings come tough towns like Omaha, pretty saloon owners who need protecting, and crooked lawmen who'd just as soon run a man out of town as let him cut in on their action. Bred to the law of frontier survival, is the Gunsmith up to dealing with the high-stakes challenges of working in the gambling business?
Third Party Candidate is an action thriller about the first Third Party Candidate to win the Presidency since Abraham Lincoln. The futuristic novel takes place in 2014 after a stunning attack by Islamic extremist using a nuclear weapon. The attack is responsbile for killing more American citizens than all of the U.S. servicemen lost in World War II. This is a deadly strike against the economic and social fabric of the United States, how will the President of the strongest military power on the globe react?
Beginning Design Technology introduces how design technologies work together, including tools, materials, and software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk AutoCAD, and others. It teaches you how to think about each design tool, whether a software program or physical modelmaking, so that you will select one for its strengths for a specific task and know when and how to combine it with other tools. Topics include working with building information, texturing digital and physical artifacts, translating information from one form or file format to another, constructing at full-scale, and making digital and physical models. Chapter Summaries, exercises, discussion questions, a glossary, an appendix of common software commands, and an annotated bibliography will help you find what you need quickly and put the information into practice.
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.