Occupational Therapy Protocol Management

Occupational therapists are experiencing a number of changes, including a trend toward autonomous practice, a move toward community-based service delivery, and a growing emphasis on activity and participation as opposed to impairment. There is subsequently a need for procedural resources that facilitate practice in this new environment. The Second Edition of this bestselling Aspen title is such a resource. It provides rising, new and experienced therapists with easy-to-follow, practical, structured, and brief but thorough evaluation and treatment guidelines across a range of physical diagnoses in adults. Each diagnosis includes a medical summary; an occupational therapy protocol (including objectives, admission/initial evaluation, treatment process, and discharge); procedures; and evaluation forms. The new authors have updated and revised the protocols to reflect new evidence from the literature, added three new chapters on acute care, mental health, and complementary and alternative medicine,and incorporated several new diagnoses, including Parkinson's Disease, joint replacement, osteoarthritis, and lymphedema. The section on general evaluations has been significantly expanded to reflect a top-down philosophy of treatment.Burkhardt is the author of 'Occupational Therapy Protocol Management', published 2001 under ISBN 9780834219472 and ISBN 0834219476.