When Walking Fails: Mobility Problems of Adults with Chronic Conditions
Author:   Lisa Iezzoni
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   8
ISBN:  

9780520238190


Pages:   366
Publication Date:   10 June 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lisa Iezzoni
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520238190


ISBN 10:   0520238192
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   10 June 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables Foreword, by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank Acknowledgments Preface 1. Mobility Limits 2. Who Has Mobility Difficulties 3. Sensations of Walking 4. Society's Views of Walking 5. How People Feel about Their Difficulty Walking 6. At Home--With Family and Friends 7. Outside Home--At Work and in Communities 8. People Talking to Their Physicians 9. Physicians Talking to Their Patients 10. Physical and Occupational Therapy and Other Approaches 11. Ambulation Aids 12. Wheeled Mobility 13. Who Will Pay? 14. What Will Be Paid For? 15. Final Thoughts Appendix 1. Faniliar Interviewees Appendix 2. Selected Rsources Notes References Index

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As an accessible and informative look at an issue that touches so many, and as a critique of public policy that is evidently in need of major improvement, this is a valuable work. -- Library Journal


Author Information

Lisa I. Iezzoni is Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care. She is the editor of Risk Adjustment for Measuring Healthcare Outcomes (1997).

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