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Occupational Therapy for Orthopaedic Conditions (Paperback, 1993)
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Occupational Therapy for Orthopaedic Conditions (Paperback, 1993)
Series: Therapy in Practice Series
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This book is written with occupational therapy students in mind, as
a guide to newly qualified occupational therapists and for those
returning to work after a break in service. Over the years I have
been asked many times by newly appointed staffwhether I could
recommend a book to prepare them for working with orthopaedic
patients. I hope this small volume will fill the gap in the
literature on the subject, and that it will be useful as a quick
reference book. I hope it mayaiso fall into the hands ofthose in
other disciplines and enable them to understand and appreciate the
contribution of the occupational therapist to the rehabilitation
team. This is the era ofjointreplacement, with ever-increasing
demand forprimary and revision surgery. Improved implants and
improved surgical techniques are constantly being researched.
Surgery for bone tumour is less mutilating and more hopeful than
ever before. Operations to release tendons and soft tissue
contractures, tendon transfers, osteotomies, spinal fusion, joint
fusion, etc. are performed on patients with neurological problems,
thus improving function and appearance and preventing further
deformity. These are some examples of procedures in this exciting
and fast-developing field, while hospital beds are occupied for an
ever shorter period of time and the potential for occupational
therapy is enormous. 'If surgery is to be successful, the
importance of assessing the patient as a human being cannot be
over-emphasised' (Souter, 1987). This is precisely the approach of
the occupational therapist.
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