Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
Experts from academia, clinical settings, and the business world pool their knowledge about work injury prevention and management in the new Sourcebook of Occupational Rehabilitation. The 22 contributions in this wide-ranging reference address aspects of the three primary areas of service delivery: prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation. The text takes a multidisciplinary viewpoint toward its subject in order to shed light on the mechanisms and management of work-related disorders. It boasts a wealth of current and in-depth information, and takes a practical 'applications approach' to rehabilitation
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
Experts from academia, clinical settings, and the business world pool their knowledge about work injury prevention and management in the new Sourcebook of Occupational Rehabilitation. The 22 contributions in this wide-ranging reference address aspects of the three primary areas of service delivery: prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation. The text takes a multidisciplinary viewpoint toward its subject in order to shed light on the mechanisms and management of work-related disorders. It boasts a wealth of current and in-depth information, and takes a practical 'applications approach' to rehabilitation
Booknews
Synthesizes the knowledge of academia, clinical experience, and business about the concepts and practices relating to occupational rehabilitation, particularly the mechanisms and management of work- related disorders. Covers the four broad themes of forces impacting practice in the field, preventing work injury, assessing work-related disorders, and the rehabilitation of such disorders. More detailed concerns include regulatory agencies and legislation, ergonomics, evaluating functional capacity, on-site therapy programs, and pain management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.