Product Description

This Third Edition focuses on chronic health problems and their impact on an individual's physical, cognitive, psychological, and social capabilities. Readers learn how the patient's age, life tasks, and living environment affect occupational therapy needs, and how to determine what occupational therapy services to provide. Chapters present the etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and progression of conditions frequently encountered in practice. Case studies at the end of every chapter help students apply the content to real-life clinical situations. This edition includes new chapters on anxiety disorders and cardiopulmonary disorders. The expanded art program includes more photos, drawings, charts, and graphs. It is part of "Doody's Core Titles 2009".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185704 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Customer Reviews

Easily accessible, OT relevant overview of conditions.
This book is very easy to use and provides an invaluable starting point for gaining insight into the occupational effects of a condition on an individual, and what the occupational therapists potential role is with the client.

The book is split into chapters each covering chronic conditions - 17 in all, with both the mental health and physical side well represented. E.g. spinal cord injury, dementia, schizophrenia, chronic pain.

Each chapter is laid out in the same format for easy clear access, with an introduction to the topic, aetiology, incidence and prevalence, course and prognosis, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, medical/surgical management, impact on occupational performance. An identical occupational performance profile table is given in each chapter divided into three areas, performance areas,(ADL, etc.) performance components (motor etc.), and performance contexts, with the areas affected in bold type. This provides a clear summary of a persons functioning, and the vital areas that an OT would need to assess.

Each chapter ends with a couple of case studies, providing further insights into what it could be like to experience the condition..

At the end of the book is a very comprehensive glossary of terms, the core components of OT are identified and the components in the table are defined. A list of common medications are provided with possible side effects.

This book is a very useful starting resource. Specific OT interventions are not discussed in depth instead areas that would need further consideration are highlighted. The main value of this book lies in its applicability to OT, and concise way of looking at a condition, making it an ideal reference resource for any student OT This book is written and published in the USA, which becomes apparent when reading it.

The book explains the conditions in a easy to read format
Conditions in Occupational therapy
Effect on Occupational Performance 2nd edition
By Ruth A. Hansen and Ben Atchison

This book gives a clear out line into some of the conditions seen by occupational therapists. In each chapter the condition is first summarised, then the condition is explained under the following main headings the etiology, course of the condition, prognosis, signs and symptoms, case studies and a list of the conditions consequences on occupational performance components. The chapters are easy to read and understandable, explaining the conditions easily and simply.

Who would use this book?
The book would be very useful for occupational therapy students throughout their course. It would also be useful for Occupational therapist as a point of reference.

Advantages.
The book explains around 16 conditions, both in mental health and in the physical setting Each chapter is laid with clear headings, and contains review questions at the end of each chapter. The book gives a clear outline of the conditions, explaining them clearly and concisely. The book has a lot of information and is very useful point of reference, and is also a good price.

Disadvantages
Further reading would be necessary in order to completely understand the conditions.

a good all rounder
the book covers many conditions of neurological and physical problems, with basic information on the condition, areas of intervention, case studies to back up this information and a review after each chapter to ensure the basic points are understood by the reader. This book is easy to read and i would recomend it to all occupational therapy students.