Care of the Combat Amputee (Textbooks of Military Medicine) (Hardcover)

Care of the Combat Amputee (Textbooks of Military Medicine) By Walter Reed Army Medical Center Borden Institute (Editor), Martha K. Lenhart (Editor), Paul F. Pasquina (Editor), Rory A. Cooper (Editor) Cover Image
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This resource addresses all aspects of combat amputee care ranging from surgical techniques to long-term care, polytrauma and comorbidities such as traumatic brain injury and burns, pain management, psychological issues, physical and occupational therapy, VA benefits, prosthetics and adaptive technologies, sports and recreational opportunities, and return to duty and vocational rehabilitation.

Written by experts in the military, Veterans Administration, and private sector, the book provides a significant update to the field of rehabilitation, with comprehensive coverage of emerging approaches, techniques, and technologies for amputee care.

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Journal of the History of Medicine, June 2010

"Care of the Amputee is another hefty multiauthored clinical work in the Textbooks of Military Medicine (TMM) series published by the Borden Institute since 1989.  Care of the Amputee is the most recent work published in the TMM series reflects this pattern and format because the care of soldiers who are now amputees is a major medical concern due to the prevalence of IEDs in current combat situations and damage they inflict. "  . . . "Chapter 2 of this volume specifically addresses the history of the American amputee care from the Civil War through the First and Second World Wars, Korea and Vietnam, and "current conflicts"."

 



Washington Book Publishers

2010 -- 1st Place, Technical Text, Small to Medium-Size Nonprofit Publisher: 
Care of the Combat Amputee

Product Details
ISBN: 9780160840777
ISBN-10: 0160840775
Publisher: Department of the Army
Publication Date: February 1st, 2010
Pages: 820
Language: English
Series: Textbooks of Military Medicine