Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies- E-Book: Principles and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0323266304
- ISBN-13
- 9780323266307
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 592
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-07
- Publisher
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Authors
- Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller Polgar
Description
Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities with the latest edition of this comprehensive text. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by the authors, the book provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. This title includes additional digital media when purchased in print format. For this digital book edition, media content may not be included
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