Psychoprosthetics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gallagher, Pamela (Editor), Desmond, Deirdre (Editor), MacLachlan, Malcolm (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Psychotherapy.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Psychoprosthetics is the study of the psychological aspects of prosthetic use and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices. For people with limb loss, the fitting of a prosthesis can give rise to a variety of issues from functional rehabilitation to...