Medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability /
Donna R. Falvo
- 4th ed
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2009
- xiii, 693 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Conceptualizing chronic illness and disability -- Psychosocial and functional aspects of chronic illness and disability -- Conditions of the nervous system: part I -- Conditions of the nervous system: part II: spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and neuromuscular conditions -- Conditions of the eye and blindness -- Hearing loss and deafness -- Intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Psychiatric disabilities -- Conditions related to substance use -- Conditions of the blood and immune system -- Endocrine conditions -- Conditions of the gastrointestinal system -- Cardiovascular conditions -- Conditions of the respiratory (pulmonary) system -- Kidney and urinary tract conditions -- Conditions of the musculoskeletal system -- Skin conditions, burns, and facial disfigurement -- Cancers -- Assistive technology -- Financing, delivery, and allocation for rehabilitation services in the United States / by Michael Landry