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When walking fails : mobility problems of adults with chronic conditions /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iezzoni, Lisa I.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : New York : University of California Press ; Millbank Memorial Fund, [2003]
Series:California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 8.
Subjects:
Movement Disorders > United States.
Chronic Disease > United States.
Gait > United States.
Movement Disorders > psychology > United States.
Public Policy > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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