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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocket Companion
Author(s): Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez (Author), Jarrod Friedman (Author)
- Publisher: Demos Medical
- Publication Date: 28 April 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 1933864532
- ISBN-13: 9781933864532
Book Description
Resident physicians are required to learn, incorporate, and utilize vast amounts of information on a daily basis. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residents face a unique challenge of mastering a field that covers multiple medical and non-medical disciplines. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocket Companion meets the needs of PM&R residents, practicing physiatrists, and physicians in other specialties seeing rehabilitation patients. for a practical guide focused solely on the day-to-day issues encountered. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Pocket Companion provides insight into situations physiatrists face such as the management of the rehabilitation team, coordination of care, and the tailoring of medical management to achieve rehabilitation goals. It features practical information useful in daily practice including disease-specific order sets, practical methods to solve common medical problems, and methods to manage issues that commonly occur during a patient’s rehabilitation. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocket Companion is a resource not only for physiatrists but also for physicians in other specialties particularly neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons. Features of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Pocket Companion include: * Conciseness and Clinical Orientation: Presents only the key information needed clinically * Comprehensive coverage: The book covers all major topics in the field of PM&R * Consistent approach: Consistent format makes information easy to find * Order sets provided for most areas to drive clinical care All therapies included for each topic: Provides information for PT, OT, SLP, prosthetic, psychology, and social workers * Medication specifics: Covers medications with specific dosages
Editorial Reviews
Review
Because of the broad nature of the field, it is quite difficult to design a comprehensive yet concise guide, but this book provides a great introduction for anyone wishing to learn about physical medicine and rehabilitation while providing key information for residents..-Doody’s Reviews
About the Author
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.Jarrod Friedman, MD Director of Pain Management, Department of Physical Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
