Rethinking Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice, edited by Kathryn McPherson, Barbara E. Gibson, Alain Leplège
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Edited by a trio of university educators from three different countries (New Zealand, Canada, France) and a variety of disciplines (nursing / rehabilitation psychology, physical therapy / bioethics, psychiatry / health services research), Rethinking Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice consists of 14 chapters divided into three sections: ‘‘Rethinking the Past and Re-envisioning the Future’’; ‘‘Philosophy in Action’’; and ‘‘Rethinking Rehabilitation Delivery, Research, Teaching, and Policy.’’ The 29 contributing authors also represent a host of rehabilitation professions and hail from seven different countries. The editors of Rethinking Rehabilitation pose the following six probing questions that they have termed ‘‘issues taken for granted,’’ which guide the development of the text:
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