When walking fails mobility problems of adults with chronic conditions
Mobility problems of adults with chronic conditions
Lisa I. Iezzoni.
- Berkeley New York University of California Press Millbank Memorial Fund c2003.
- xii, 355 p. ill. 24 cm.
- California/Milbank books on health and the public 8 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
Mobility limits -- Who has mobility difficulties -- Sensations of walking -- Society's views of walking -- How people feel about their difficulty walking -- At home: with family and friends -- Outside home: at work and in communities -- People talking to their physicians -- Physicians talking to their patients -- Physical and occupational therapy and other approaches -- Ambulation aids -- Wheeled mobility -- Who will pay? -- What will be paid for? -- Final thoughts.
0520237420 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002152225
GBA3-Y1213
Movement disorders Public Policy--United States. Movement disorders--psychology--United States. Gait--United States. Chronic Disease--United States. Movement disorders--United States. Chronic diseases--Complications.