Pedretti's Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical
Dysfunction, 8th Edition prepares you for occupational therapy
practice with adults who have physical disabilities. This
cornerstone text provides a foundation for the development of
clinical reasoning skills in a comprehensive, case-based learning
approach to physical dysfunction. New full color photos and helpful
pedagogy, including threaded case studies, OT Practice Notes,
ethical considerations, and end-of-chapter review questions,
reinforce learning, enhance retention, and prompt you to apply
principles in a clinical setting. UNIQUE! Threaded case studies,
woven throughout each chapter, help you apply concepts to real-life
clinical practice. UNIQUE! Ethical Considerations boxes highlight
the key ethical concerns of treatment options so you can practice
ethically. UNIQUE! OT Practice Notes convey important
considerations for professional practice. Focuses on the
occupational therapist's role in health and wellness, which the OTA
has identified as a key practice area in the 21st century.
Information on prevention, rather than simply intervention or
treatment, shows how OTs can take a proactive role in patient care.
Evidence-based content included throughout, especially in regards
to evaluation and intervention. Content on occupational therapy's
commitment to considering cultural and ethnic diversity in every
chapter. Key terms, chapter outlines, chapter objectives lay out
the information you can expect to learn from each chapter. NEW!
Coverage of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (OTPF-3)
increases your understanding of the OTPF-3 and its relationship to
the practice of occupational therapy with adults who have physical
disabilities. NEW! All new section on the therapeutic use of self,
which the OTPF lists as the single most important line of
intervention occupational therapists can provide. NEW! Chapter on
hospice and palliative care presents the evidence-base for hospice
and palliative care occupational therapy; describes the role of the
occupational therapist with this population within the parameters
of the third edition of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
(OTPF-3); and recommends clinician self-care strategies to support
ongoing quality care. UPDATED! Completely revised Spinal Cord
Injury chapter addresses restoration of available musculature;
self-care; independent living skills; short- and long-term
equipment needs; environmental accessibility; and educational,
work, and leisure activities. It looks at how the occupational
therapist offers emotional support and intervention during every
phase of the rehabilitation program. UPDATED! Completely revised
chapter on low back pain discusses topics that are critical for the
occupational therapist including: anatomy; client evaluation;
interventions areas; client-centered occupational therapy analysis;
and intervention strategies for frequently impacted occupations.
UPDATED! Revised Special Needs of the Older Adult chapter now
utilizes a top-down approach, starting with wellness and productive
aging, then moving to occupation and participation in meaningful
activity and finally, highlighting body functions and structures
which have the potential to physiologically decline as a person
ages. NEW and EXPANDED! Additional section in the Orthotics chapter
looks at the increasing array of orthotic devices available in
today's marketplace, such as robot-assisted therapy, to support the
weak upper extremity. UPDATED! Revised chapters on joint range of
motion and evaluation of muscle strength include new full color
photos to better illustrate how to perform these key procedures.
EXPANDED! New information in the Burns and Burn Rehabilitation
chapter, including expanded discussions on keloid scars, silver
infused dressings, biosynthetic products, the reconstructive phase
of rehabilitation, and patient education. UPDATED and EXPANDED!
Significantly updated chapter on amputations and prosthetics
includes the addition of a new threaded case study on "Daniel", a
19-year-old combat engineer in the United States Army who suffered
the traumatic amputation of his non-dominant left upper extremity
below the elbow.
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