Living with limb loss : individuals' and prosthetists' perceptions of amputation, prosthesis use and rehabilitation

Loss of limb through amputation presents a significant, life changing, circumstance for individuals. The prosthetist as the gate keeper to the health-care system and the facilitator of rehabilitation is essential to positive adjustment post-amputation. As yet, however, commonalities and differences...

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Main Author: Uytman, Clare Louise
Published: Queen Margaret University 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647720