Opening book details…
Can I read Encountering Personal Injury: Medical, Educational, Vocational and Psychosocial Perspectives on Disability (Studies in Inclusive Education) on EtoBox?
Encountering Personal Injury: Medical, Educational, Vocational and Psychosocial Perspectives on Disability (Studies in Inclusive Education) by James A. Athanasou (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Encountering Personal Injury: Medical, Educational, Vocational and Psychosocial Perspectives on Disability (Studies in Inclusive Education) about?
"Encountering Personal Injury is written for anyone who has professional contact with adolescents and adults who have a disability arising from a personal injury. The text provides a comprehensive introduction to the major injury groups for postgraduate students. It covers the conditions commonly experienced in everyday practice, such as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, psychiatric impairment, mood disorder, anxiety and stress disorder, substance abuse, musculoskeletal injury, whiplash, back pain, amputation, burn injury, chronic pain, stroke, vision impairment or hearing impairment. The text arose from a background of some 30 years’ teaching, research and clinical practice in this field. Each condition is introduced to the reader. Its educational, vocational and psychosocial implications are explored. Medical terminology is defined and explained. Anatomical and physiological illustrations are provided. Reports from court cases are used to provide realistic examples of the multiple effects of injury on learning, working and living. A total of 24 clinical case studies, discharge summaries and medical reports provide a holistic and bio-psychosocial approach to disability
Who reads Encountering Personal Injury: Medical, Educational, Vocational and Psychosocial Perspectives on Disability (Studies in Inclusive Education)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- James A. Athanasou (auth.)
- Publisher
- Sense Publishers
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789463006552
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Education, Social Science, Medical
More by James A. Athanasou (auth.)
Browse all works by James A. Athanasou (auth.)
Similar books
- Medical, Psychosocial, and Vocational Aspects of Disability — Brodwin, Martin G., Tellez, Fernando A., Brodwin, Sandra (2002)
- Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability — Donna R. Falvo, Beverley E. Holland (2018)
- Psychosocial Aspects of Disability : Insider Perspectives and Strategies for Counselors — Dr. Irmo Marini; Noreen M. Glover-Graf; Michael Jay Millington (2012)
- Educational Achievement and Psychosocial Transition in Visually Impaired Adolescents: Studies from India (SpringerBriefs in Education) — Ranjita Dawn (2018)
- Disability, Inclusion and Inclusive Education — Sailaja Chennat (2020)
- Righting Educational Wrongs: Disability Studies in Law and Education (Critical Perspectives on Disability) — Arlene S. Kanter, Beth A. Ferri (2013)