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Rehabilitation therapy

  • Animal-Assisted Therapyby Donald Altschiller

    ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 35.00

    Although the term "pet therapy" was first used in the 1960s, the use of animals in a therapeutic role dates to 1792 when the British Society of Friends used rabbits and other animals to help residents in a mental asylum cope with social and emotional isolation. Today, animal-assisted therapy involves a wide variety of animals, including dogs, cats,... more...

  • Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicineby Michael Barnes; Anthony Ward

    Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 48.99

    Rehabilitation medicine is a relatively new and fast growing medical specialty, which can make a real difference to a person with a disability. Most hospitals in the UK now have a rehabilitation unit and there are increasing numbers of specialist rehabilitation centres as well as community-based rehabilitation teams. This book outlines the principles... more...

  • The Radical Practice of Loving Everyoneby Michael J. Chase

    Hay House, Inc. 2013; US$ 16.95

    Is "loving everyone" really possible, as the title of Michael J. Chase ’s new book suggests? The answer may surprise you, as he chronicles his journey toward enlightenment, gaining insight from a very unlikely source - a four-legged guru named Mollie, who happens to be the most lovable yet mischievous dog in the world. In his attempt... more...

  • Rethinking physical and rehabilitation medicineby Jean-Pierre Didier; Emmanuel Bigand; Annie Vinter; Jean Michel Boucheix

    Springer 2011; US$ 129.99

    Re-education' consists in training people injured either by illness or the vagaries of life to achieve the best functionality now possible for them. Strangely, the subject is not taught in the normal educational curricula of the relevant professions. It thus tends to be developed anew with each patient, without recourse to knowledge of what such... more...

  • Therapy Outcome Measures for Rehabilitation Professionalsby Pamela Enderby; Alexandra John; Brian Petheram

    Wiley 2006; US$ 98.99

    Previously published as two separate books for Speech and Language Therapists and for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Nursing, this book has now been updated and expanded and combines the two first editions into one. This fits in with the increased amount of team working in rehabilitation, both in hospital and community... more...

  • Kompendium Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitationby Veronika Fialka-Moser

    Springer 2005; US$ 84.99

    Die 2. Auflage dieses Kompendiums bietet eine übersichtliche und prägnante Darstellung der diagnostischen und therapeutischen Rehabilitationskonzepte, zugeschnitten auf Krankheitsbilder wie Wirbelsäulenstörungen, Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen, rheumatologische Erkrankungen, Schlaganfall etc. Dabei stützt sich die Diagnose in der physikalischen Medizin... more...

  • Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapyby Aubrey H. Fine

    Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 72.95

    In the 10 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably. The third edition of the Handbook highlights advances in the field, with 10 new chapters and over 50% new material. In reading this book, therapists will discover the benefits of incorporating animal assisted therapy into... more...

  • Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapyby Aubrey H. Fine

    Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 79.95

    The original edition was the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the ways in which animals can assist therapists with treatment of specific populations, and/or in specific settings. The second edition continues in this vein, with 7 new chapters plus substantial revisions of continuing chapters as the research in this field has grown.... more...

  • Angel on a Leashby David Frei

    BowTie Inc. 2011; US$ 16.95

    David Frei, the publicist of Westminster Kennel Club and the founder of Westminster?s therapy dog charity, Angel on a Leash, along with his wife Cheri, a minister at Morgan Stanley Children?s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, retell heartwarming stories of therapy dogs who change the lives of needy children at hospitals and rehabilitation centers.... more...