A practical approach to interdisciplinary complex rehabilitation

Complex rehabilitation in an interdisciplinary team context -- Medical management in rehabilitation -- The role, impact, and reflections of the rehabilitation nurse -- Prolonged disorders of consciousness -- 24-hour approach to physical management -- Adjusting to life after illness or injury -- Mental health in complex rehabilitation -- Working with behaviour that challenges -- Cognition; an assessment and rehabilitation -- Communication disorders in rehabilitation: an interdisciplinary approach -- Dysphagia in rehabilitation: an interdisciplinary approach -- Nutrition and dietetics in rehabilitation -- Early vocational rehabilitation within an interdisciplinary context -- A patient's perspective -- Supporting the socioeconomic needs of patients and their families within the context of a complex rehabilitation setting: creating opportunities through collaboration, rehabilitation, and beyond – Conclusion.

An interdisciplinary team (IDT) approach is most effective in complex physical rehabilitation, but implementing a successful IDT can be challenging. This new book will help readers to understand more about the variety of professions that contribute to successful IDT working and how team members collaborate for the benefit of the rehabilitation patient and their personalised goals. This is a comprehensive, practical, evidence-based guide to complex rehabilitation from an IDT perspective, exploring the dynamic and diverse roles and challenges of the team. The fifteen chapters are written by clinicians who are highly experienced across a range of disciplines and settings, from early acute rehabilitation to community rehabilitation. A Practical Approach to Interdisciplinary Complex Rehabilitation will be an invaluable resource for all members of the team, including medical, nursing, dietetics, neuropsychiatry, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, rehabilitation coordination, speech and language therapy, and vocational rehabilitation therapy.