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Psychoprosthetics

  • Compiles the most recent research and knowledge of Psychoprosthetics into one accessible volume
  • Contributions from well-known clinicians, practitioners, researchers and academics who work with prosthetics

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Psychoprosthetics: An Introduction

    • Pamela Gallagher, Deirdre Desmond, Malcolm MacLachlan
    Pages 1-10
  3. Coping and Psychosocial Adjustment to Amputation

    • Deirdre Desmond, Pamela Gallagher
    Pages 11-21
  4. Limb Loss and Body Image

    • Bruce Rybarczyk, Jay Behel
    Pages 23-31
  5. Management of Chronic Pain After Limb Loss

    • Dawn M. Ehde, Stephen T. Wegener
    Pages 33-51
  6. Psychological Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation: An Evaluation of Outcome Measurement Tools

    • Dalton L. Wolfe, Jackie S. Hebert, William C. Miller, A. Barry Deathe, Michael Devlin, Luljeta Pallaveshi
    Pages 67-90
  7. Interventions for Psychological Issues in Amputation: A Team Approach

    • Stephen T. Wegener, Susan E. Hofkamp, Dawn M. Ehde
    Pages 91-105
  8. Embodiment and Prosthetics

    • Craig D. Murray
    Pages 119-129
  9. Osseoperception and Osseointegrated Prosthetic Limbs

    • Kerstin Hagberg, Eva Häggström, Stewe Jönsson, Björn Rydevik, Rickard Brånemark
    Pages 131-140
  10. Psychological Fit of a Prosthetic Arm: An Illustrative Case Study Using Repertory Grid Analysis with a User of a High-Tech Upper Limb Prosthesis

    • Sinéad Ní Mhurchadha, Elisabeth Schaffalitzky, Pamela Gallagher, Malcolm MacLachlan
    Pages 155-161

About this book

Psychoprosthetics brings together, into one easily accessible volume, the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field. Psychoprosthetics is defined as the study of psychological aspects of prosthetic use, and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Psychoprosthetics is an important new text for the field of rehabilitation. The editors are leaders in the field of psychology … and have gathered together an excellent group of contributing authors. … The chapters finish with a discussion of the research needed to advance the field … . Psychoprosthetics is a reference text that should be embraced by clinicians of varied disciplines and expertise. … This book likewise highlights the great need for further research in this important area of medicine." (Todd Alan Kuiken, JAMA, Vol. 299 (16), 2008)

“This book uses an interdisciplinary perspective to explore the psychosocial issues of persons who require prosthetic devices. … This book has the most up-to-date research and references that one can find in the area of loss of limb and prosthetics. … must for anyone who is a student, practitioner, and/or researcher who works or intends to work with a person who has a prosthetic devise. … it is a book for professionals in all disciplines who work in the area of rehabilitation, and I agree.” (Catherine S. Wilson, Doody’s Review Service, February, 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Science and Health School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Pamela Gallagher

  • Dublin Psychoprosthetics Group, Ireland

    Pamela Gallagher, Deirdre Desmond, Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

    Deirdre Desmond

  • School of Psychology Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

    Malcolm MacLachlan

About the editors

Contributors will be well-known clinicians, practitioners, researchers and academics who work with prosthetics. The editors have considerable experience in reviewing, editing and publishing and are leaders in this field. They have published in all the leading relevant journals related to the area, have been invited to speak at key conferences and lead an active multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians interested in applying many aspects of psychology to prosthetic use, especially in regard to the rehabilitation of people with amputations.

All editors direct the Dublin Psychoprosthetics Group – a multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians interested in applying many and varied aspects of psychology to prosthetic use, especially in regard to the rehabilitation of people with amputations.: (See www.tcd.ie/psychoprosthetics).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychoprosthetics

  • Editors: Pamela Gallagher, Deirdre Desmond, Malcolm MacLachlan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-980-4

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-979-8Published: 15 January 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-691-7Published: 13 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-980-4Published: 29 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 164

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Psychotherapy, Surgical Orthopedics, Rehabilitation

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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