International perspectives on spinal cord injury, editorial committee, Jerome Bickenbach [and 15 others] ; World Health Organization, ISCoS, the International Spinal Cord Society

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The instance International perspectives on spinal cord injury, editorial committee, Jerome Bickenbach [and 15 others] ; World Health Organization, ISCoS, the International Spinal Cord Society represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Electronic.

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International perspectives on spinal cord injury, editorial committee, Jerome Bickenbach [and 15 others] ; World Health Organization, ISCoS, the International Spinal Cord Society

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editorial committee, Jerome Bickenbach [and 15 others] ; World Health Organization, ISCoS, the International Spinal Cord Society

Instantiates

• International perspectives on spinal cord injury

Publication

• Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization, 2013

Copyright

• ©2013

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unknown

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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online resource

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• cr

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rdacarrier

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multicolored

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

• Cover; Title pg; Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Contributors; Editorial Committee; Executive Editors; Technical Editors; Advisory Committee; Contributors to individual chapters; Peer reviewers; Additional Contributors; Ch 1; Understanding spinal cord injury; Aim and scope of this report; What is spinal cord injury?; The medical dimension; Figure 1.1; The historical dimension of spinal cord injury; Spinal cord injury as a challenge to health systems and to society; Tools for understanding the spinal cord injury experience; Overview; Ch 2
• A global picture of spinal cord injuryWhat do we know about spinal cord injury?; Table 2.1; Table 2.2; Prevalence of spinal cord injury; Table 2.3; Figure 2.1; Figure 2.2; Incidence of spinal cord injury; Traumatic spinal cord injury; Figure 2.3; Figure 2.4; Figure 2.5; Figure 2.6; Figure 2.7; Figure 2.8; Figure 2.9; Non-traumatic spinal cord injury; Spinal cord injury mortality and life expectancy; Table 2.4; Figure 2.10; Costs of spinal cord injury; Figure 2.11; Table 2.5; Figure 2.12; Data and evidence for spinal cord injury; Data sources; Table 2.6; Information standards
• Data issues and concernsDefinitions and standardization of data; Underreporting; Other issues; Conclusion and recommendations; Improve comparability by using international standards for data collection; Improve national spinal cord injury statistics; Encourage and improve spinal cord injury research; Ch 3; Prevention of spinal cord injury; Causes of traumatic spinal cord injury; Table 3.1; Road traffic crashes; Figure 3.1; Table 3.2; Falls; Violence; Causes of non-traumatic spinal cord injury; Table 3.4; Activities, places and circumstances associated with spinal cord injuries
• Occupational injuriesSport and recreation-related injuries; Table 3.5; Natural disasters; Conclusion and recommendations; Ch 4; Health care and rehabilitation needs; Understanding the health impact of spinal cord injury; Potential complications; Health care needs; Pre-hospital and acute care; Post-acute medical care and rehabilitation; Table 4.1; Assistive technology; Health maintenance; Conclusion and recommendations; Ch 5; Health systems strengthening; Unmet needs; Health care; Rehabilitation; Health systems strengthening; Leadership and governance; Service delivery; Table 5.1
• Human resourcesHealth technologies; Health information systems; Financing and affordability; Research; Conclusion and recommendations; Leadership and governance; Service delivery; Human resources; Health technologies; Health information; Financing and affordability; Research; Ch 6; Attitudes, relationships and adjustment; Attitudes; Wider community attitudes; Attitudes of health professionals; Assistance and support; Informal care; Formal care; Personal assistants; Family relationships; Partners; Parent and sibling relationships; Adjustment to spinal cord injury

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1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)

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9789240693357

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rdamedia

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• c

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illustrations, graphs

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.b128172174

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Electronic reproduction.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.