PATIENT EDUCATION IN REHABILITATION

Patient Education in Rehabilitation is included in the 2015 edition of the essential collection of Doody’s Core Titles.Patient Education in Rehabilitation applies patient education skills to the clinical rehabilitation process in a reader-friendly manner. It explores various teaching and learning theories and models of instruction as well as the ethical, legal, communicative, and cultural variables involved in patient education. This text will help readers understand that delivering information, education, and training in rehabilitation will promote and optimize clinical interventions, enhancing compliance, continuity of care, and patient satisfaction. Divided into five sections—basic concepts; adherence and behavioral modifications; teaching and learning theories; legal and cultural variables; and examples in rehabilitation—this is the ideal text for all rehabilitation professionals.