Spinal Cord Injury

A Guide for Living
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8778-9
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

Fully updated and revised, the second edition of Spinal Cord Injury is the definitive guide for people with SCI and their families. Combining first-person accounts with up-to-date medical information, the book addresses all aspects of spinal cord injury—recovery and coping, sex and family matters, transportation and housing, employment and leisure—and reviews the challenges encountered by people with spinal cord injury throughout their lives.

The authors explain how spinal cord injury affects physical functioning and the impact of physical changes on emotions and social life. They offer a holistic approach to recovery that incorporates all aspects of living and emphasizes achieving optimal health, personal fulfillment, and meaningful family and social relationships.

The new edition of this helpful book includes a completely revised chapter on recovery and regeneration research, stem cell research, and activity-based therapies. New information is offered on medical and rehabilitative care of children and adolescents as well as preventative health measures for people of all ages living with spinal cord injury. The book includes expanded ideas and resources for socializing, travel, sports and recreation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Sara

Kriegsman, Kay Harris

Palmer, Jeffrey B

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Trauma, Hospitalization, and Rehabilitation
1. Into the Wilderness: Trauma, Hospitalization, and Acute Care
2. Lost and Searching: Rehabilitation
3. Reading the Map: Pathways to Adjustment
Part II: The Challenges of Readjustment
4. Going Home: Old Territory in a New Light
5. Focus on the Family
6. Lovers' Lane: Dating, Coupling, and Sexuality
7. Life Goes On: Independent Living
Part III: Successful Living with Spinal Cord Injury
8. The Next Frontier: Spinal Cord Injury Research
9. The Journey Continues: Finding Yourself
10. Concluding Thoughts
Resources
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kriegsman, Kay Harris
Kay Harris Kriegsman, Ph.D., is a practicing psychologist, consultant on disability issues, and author of Taking Charge: Teenagers Talk About Life & Physical Disabilities.

Palmer, Sara
Sara Palmer, PhD, is a psychologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the coauthor of Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Living; When Your Spouse Has a Stroke: Caring for Your Partner, Yourself, and Your Relationship; and Just One of the Kids: Raising a Resilient Family When One of Your Children Has a Physical Disability.

Palmer, Jeffrey B
Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D., is a professor and Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital. He is the coauthor of Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Living, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Sara Palmer, Ph.D., is a psychologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Kay Harris Kriegsman, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland, author of Taking Charge: Teenagers Talk about Life and Physical Disabilities, and a consultant on disability issues. Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D., is a professor in and director of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.