Understanding Disability: Causes, Characteristics and Coping

by VictoriaStopford (Author)

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  Paperback
  1987

  $3.28

  This handbook offers a resource for nursing and social work/social care students, carers and health professionals looking for concise information about a disability. A variety of conditions is covered, including neurological disorders, neuro-muscular disorders, communication disorders, metabolic disorders, bone disorders, chest disorders, skin disorders and sensory impairments. There is a new section on emotional disability, which offers an approach to the conditions of organic and functional neuroses and psychoses. Each condition is discussed under headings such as main characteristics, causes, inheritance pattern, diagnosis, treatment, diet and exercise, family living, education, training and employment. As with the first edition, the author has continued to work closely with support groups to ensure that the information presented is accurate.