The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook: For Patients and Families [Perfect Paperback]

Richard C Senelick (Author), Karla Dougherty (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1891525018 | ISBN-13: 978-1891525018 | Publication Date: January 1, 2010 | Edition: First

Education is the lifeline that can help spinal cord injured patients return to productive, healthful lives—or begin life anew. Inside the Spinal Cord Injury Handbook, patients, family members, healthcare providers and attorneys learn the six major arenas that make up optimum health and rehabilitation success. These include mobility, skin care, sexuality and myths that pervade society.

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About the Author

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute, San Antonio, TX

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 153 pages
• Publisher: Healthsouth Press; First edition (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891525018
• ISBN-13: 978-1891525018
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Spinal Cord Injry Handbook, April 30, 2000

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monica olson (Sahuarita,AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook: For Patients and Families (Perfect Paperback)

This book was great. It told about the various types of spinal injuries and how each injury is different based on where the injury was located and how it affected your body and daily life skills.

It also gave insight as to what the family has to deal with as well as the patient.It also covered everything from what a spinal cord injury was to diagnosis and treatment;skin care; rehab;bladder and bowel management and caregiver relief. This is the A-Z book when in comes to spinal injuries.

I found in very informative as my husband recently suffered a spinal cord injury at work and we were told that he would never walk again. However, we have been blessed and he is walking 100 ft w/a walker at a time and is slowly regaining movement in his lower extremeties and we hope that he will be back to his old self soon.

I am ordering this book for a friend who now has to deal with this same injury. Thanks...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, April 30, 2003

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Yolanda Nunez (Caguas, PR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook: For Patients and Families (Perfect Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource for general public and professionals who are interested in the theme of spinal cord injury (SCI). It uses clear language and also good humor. All to help you understand the important basics of SCI and also to help you survive to SCI. I am using it for my doctoral dissertation as an excellent reference. Congratulations to the authors! I highly recommend this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook, July 19, 2008

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Gloria Stokely "gklstokely" (Fountain Inn, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook: For Patients and Families (Perfect Paperback)

This book is a must have for those with spinal cord injuries, especially those with cauda equina syndrome (CES)as most do not receive a rehab team to help them will all that they need to live their lives to the fullest with thier paralysis. As a paraplegic to the degree of CES this book is hard to put down and it has so much good information. It is a bit depressing knowing that I have been deprived of the help of a rehab team to help me live my life to the fullest. It as been almost 4 yrs that I have had to figure things out on my own with the help of my husband and it great to get a hold of this excellant book. Now if I could just get workers' comp to approve going to the Shepherd Center day program maybe I can finally get that rehab team I need, but in the mean time I have this great book.