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Psychoprosthetics

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-1-84628-980-4

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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 quality of life, well-being, participation in society and cosmetic satisfaction. As prosthetic technology continues to become more sophisticated and advanced, there is an onus on those who work with prosthetic users, to be aware of the impact of prosthetics on the ways in which people understand and construct their realities and their attempts to cope with and relate to them.


Subject: Medicine, Embodiment, Evaluation, Management, Intervention, Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, Psychotherapy, Surgical Orthopedics