Assistive technologies : principles and practice /

It's here: the latest edition of the one text you need to master assistive strategies, make confident clinical decisions, and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model, Assistive Technologies: Principles and Prac...

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Main Authors: Cook, Albert M., 1943- (Author), Polgar, Jan Miller (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Mosby, [2014]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:It's here: the latest edition of the one text you need to master assistive strategies, make confident clinical decisions, and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model, Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology, and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. Updated and expanded, this new edition features coverage of new ethical issues, more explicit applications of the HAAT model, and a variety of global issues highlighting technology applications and service delivery in developing countries.
Item Description:Preceded by: Cook & Hussey's assistive technologies : principles and practice / Albert M. Cook and Jan Miller Polgar; author emerita, Susan M. Hussey. 3rd ed. ©2008.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780323291019
0323291015
9780323239981
0323239986