When walking fails [electronic resource] : mobility problems of adults with chronic conditions / Lisa I. Iezzoni

Author	Iezzoni, Lisa I
Title	When walking fails [electronic resource] : mobility problems of adults with chronic conditions / Lisa I. Iezzoni
Imprint	Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Millbank Memorial Fund, c2003
Connect to	http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=90587
Descript	xxii, 355 p. : ill

CONTENT

Mobility limits -- Who has mobility difficulties -- Sensations of walking -- Society's views of walking -- How people feel about their difficulty walking -- At home: with family and friends -- Outside home: at work and in communities -- People talking to their physicians -- Physicians talking to their patients -- Physical and occupational therapy and other approaches -- Ambulation aids -- Wheeled mobility -- Who will pay? -- What will be paid for? -- Final thoughts

SUBJECT

Movement disorders
Chronic diseases -- Complications
Movement Disorders -- United States
Chronic Disease -- United States
Gait -- United States
Movement Disorders -- psychology -- United States
Public Policy -- United States
Electronic books.