Chapter 24 Physiotherapy management of Parkinson’s and of older people Bhanu Ramaswamy and Paula McCandless Introduction Physiotherapists working with older adults and people diagnosed with Parkinson’s are required to have…
Chapter 10 Changing relationships for promoting health Sally French and John Swain Introduction Our focus for this chapter is ‘changing relationships’. The chapter is divided into three sections. The first,…
Chapter 5 Reflection Sarah Prenton, Lindsey Dugdill and Linda Hollingworth Introduction Reflection is a process that is acknowledged as being fundamental to skilled clinical practice for healthcare professionals. However, the…
Chapter 26 Neurological physiotherapy Christine Smith, Anita Watson and Louise Connell Introduction Neurology is a specialised field that deals with disorders of the nervous system. There are a vast number…
Chapter 9 Physiotherapy in thoracic surgery Anne Dyson and Kelly L. Youd Anatomy of the thorax The skeleton of the thorax is an osteocartilagenous framework within which lie the principal…
Chapter 7 Adult spontaneous and conventional mechanical ventilation Sue Pieri Davies, Helen Carruthers with a Contribution from and Melanie Reardon Introduction This chapter focusses on the ventilatory aspects of the…
Chapter 16 Sports management Hilary Pape Introduction This chapter is aimed at the physiotherapist wishing to work in the field of sports. It sets out to highlight the key skills…
Chapter 27 Physiotherapy in women’s health Gill Brook, Tamsin Brooks, Yvonne Coldron, Ruth Hawkes, Judith Lee, Melanie Lewis, Jacquelyne Todd, Kathleen Vits and Liz Whitney Introduction This chapter offers an…
Chapter 1 The responsibilities of being a physiotherapist Ceri Sedgley Introduction This chapter provides an insight into what it means to be a physiotherapist and a member of the physiotherapy…
