Severe upper extremity burns may mean an indefinite interruption in the style of life to which
an individual is accustomed, and the occupational therapist can help the thermally injured …

Ethical considerations in rehabilitation medicine are a relatively new area of discussion.
These considerations reflect the particularities of the rehabilitation process: the participation …

Hands are the most frequent sites of burn injury, 1 and proper management is essential to
assure that optimal functional recovery is achieved. Although each hand represents less …

The renaissance of burn care began during World War II. From 1960 to the present there has
been a rapid advance in burn medicine that has resulted from a better understanding of the …

Burn rehabilitation is a complex and difficult process for the burn survivor, his or her family,
and the entire treatment team. This article describes the best approaches in burn care …

Health care today is influenced by government controls, consumerism, malpractice litigation,
unionism, and professionalism. Are there universal standards the serious health …

Rehabilitation Following Burn Injury Page 1 Symposium on Burns Rehabilitation Following
Burn Injury Robert H. Bartlett, MD,* E'lane Wingerson, OTR, MPA,t Shirley Simonton, OTR,+ …

For someone seeking to understand the ethical dimensions of trauma nursing, it quickly
becomes apparent that there is a uniquely complex set of issues to be examined in this …

During the past 15 years the American Burn Association has promoted the development of
the burn team concept to ensure optimum acute and chronic treatment of burn injury, as well …

Rehabilitation of a patient with a burn injury requires multidisciplinary collaboration,
especially between the burn therapist and the burn rehabilitation nurse. Each discipline …