1st Edition

Handbook of Medical Aspects of Disability and Rehabilitation for Life Care Planning

Edited By Virgil May III, Richard Bowman, Steven Barna Copyright 2024
522 Pages 63 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

522 Pages 63 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

522 Pages 63 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

This textbook is an essential resource for life care planners in understanding and assessing a range of medical disabilities, life care planning as a health care service delivery practice, certification under the International Commission on Health Care Certification, and the path to rehabilitation for mild to catastrophic injuries. Written by a team composed of expert physicians and... Read more

Preface

Foreword by Timothy F. Field

1.              Life Care Planning: History, Process, and the Written Document
Virgil Robert May III and Heather Howe

2.              Disability Legislation in the United States and Canada

Tanya Rutherford Owen

3.              Third-Party Provider Systems
Larry S. Stokes, Aaron M. Wolfson, Todd S. Capielano, Lacy H. Sapp, and Ashley G. Lastrapes

4.              Independent Medical Evaluations
Douglas W. Martin

5.              Significant Body Systems

Kaitlyn Cyncynatus and Steven Barna

6.              Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability
Kathleen Acer

7.              The Pediatric Life Care Plan and Vocational Evaluation
Jennifer Canter

8.              Disability Sequelae of Immobility: A Systems Perspective
Robert S. Djergaian

9.              Acquired Brain Injury
Huma Haider

Appendix A: Impact of Injuries on Activities of Daily Living [ADLs] and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)

Appendix B: Life Care Plan Subsection Charts

10.           Traumatic Brain Injury: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective
Gary E. Kraus

11.           Post-Traumatic Headaches
Huma Haider

12.           Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Stuart Kahn, Rachel Santiago, Michael Chiou, and Sofia Barchuk

13.           Spinal Disorders

Bharat C. Patel, Matthew Janzen, Ashley Plonk, and Krishn Patel

Appendix 13.1: Glossary for All Healthcare Professionals

14.           Peripheral Neuropathies
Gary E. Kraus

15.           Amputations

LeRoy Oddie and Danielle Melton

16.           Pain Medicine and Life Care Planning

Richard Bowman

17.           Burn Trauma and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Gerard Mosiello

18.           Canadian Life Care Planning and Cost Projection Analysis: A Comparison of Process and Application

Claudia von Zweck and Dana Weldon

19.       Functional Capacity Evaluation: Process, Utility, and Life Care Planning and Case Management Applications
Virgil Robert May III

20.       The Medical Cost Projection
Reva Payne

21.       Expert Witness Testimony: Legal, Practical, and Ethical Considerations

Alex Karras and Jennifer Lambert

22.       The International Commission on Health Care Certification: Certification and

Accreditation in Life Care Planning

Virgil Robert May III and Kathleen Kenney May

Biography

Virgil Robert May III, Rehabilitation Practitioner, Doctor of Rehabilitation, Southern Illinois University, USA.

Richard Bowman, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MD, Certified Life Care Planner, West Virginia, USA.

Steven Barna, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (MD) and Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), Florida, USA.