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Evidence-based patient handling: tasks, equipment and interventions

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Providing care and treatment for patients usually requires moving and handling activities associated with high rates of back injuries. The personal and financial cost of back pain and injuries to health staff means there is an urgent need to improve practice in this area. Over the past twenty years a number of guidelines have been published, however, these have been based on professional consensus rather than evidence.

Evidence-Based Patient Handlingtackles the challenge of producing an evidence base to support clinical practice and covers tasks, equipment and interventions. This book questions previously held opinions about moving and handling and provides the foundation for future practice.

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Product Details
Routledge
0203986504 / 9780203986509
Ebook
610.73
21/11/2002
England
English
100 pages
171 x 248 mm, 558 grams