... at are: cerebral palsy, impairment to the function of the spinal cord, amputation, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, short stature, learning disability, hearing impairment, and visual impairment.
Practical text that includes in-depth descriptions of 12 different types of disability, together with personal accounts of each. Each section also includes information on social and emotional aspects, family reactions, education, personal adjustment, sexuality, employment and leisure, attitudes of others, and how to react appropriately as a non-disabled person. The disabilities looked at are: cerebral palsy, impairment to the function of the spinal cord, amputation, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, short stature, learning disability, hearing impairment, and visual impairment.
In assessing the outcome of disease and treatments, measurement scales must be relevant to their specific effects, necessitating the use of disease-specific questionnaires rather than more generic measures. This book reviews disease-specific measure of quality of life and, where relevant popularly used symptom and single dimension scales. Disease covered include: cancers, psychiatric and psychological conditions, respiratory diseases, neurological conditions, rheumatological conditions, cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, and others.
In assessing the outcome of disease and treatments, measurement scales must be relevant to their specific effects, necessitating the use of disease-specific questionnaires rather than more generic measures. This book reviews disease-specific measure of quality of life and, where relevant popularly used symptom and single dimension scales. Disease covered include: cancers, psychiatric and psychological conditions, respiratory diseases, neurological conditions, rheumatological conditions, cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, and others.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, mental health, older people, psychiatry, quality of life, stroke, arthritis, cancer, children, diabetes, diagnosis, epilepsy, health, heart diseases;