Foundations of Physical Rehabilitation

This book is designed for practising physiotherapists and other rehabilitation workers such as occupational therapists and social workers. It aims to present management guidelines for rehabilitation centres, looking at such problems as staffing, skills resources and planning.

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Rehabilitation involves a problem-solving interaction between client and therapist, and is an increasingly significant area of health care. This book is an account of how the therapist can best manage the ingredients involved in the philosophy of a total approach to rehabilitation. The focus is on the accountable delivery of a holistic service to people with problems - rather than medical diagnoses. The author discusses and defines aspects that are frequently assumed as common knowledge and emphasizes the process rather than technical practice. She also demonstrates that the management model offers a generic approach to rehabilitation that can be adapted to client and service needs and also offers an account of how the client-therapist partnership can be focused to achieve common goals. It is designed for student and newly qualified physiotherapists; and student and newly qualified occupational therapists.