THIS is a most interesting up-to-date little book on the subject of rehabilitation after illness and accident, and there are chapters dealing with the emotional factors in rehabilitationreturn to work, rehabilitation in the various specialities, chest conditions, neuro-surgery, orthopxdics, and genieral medicine and surgery. In other words, all aspects of the speciality are very adequately cove...

*Assistant Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinios; Director, Sports rehabilitation Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinios. †Clinical Associate Professor, Departmant of Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washingt...

In the context of the White Book of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Europe, this paper describes the background to the context of PRM services and comprises the following: - Epidemiological Aspects of Functioning and Disability - Ethical Aspects and Human Rights - Rehabilitation and Health Systems - Economic Burden of Disability - Effects of Lack of Rehabilitation Health care serv...

With the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation recently celebrating its 75th anniversary, it is an opportune time to assess the impact and influence that physiatric articles and research have had on the field, as well as the greater scientific community. One useful metric of scientific impact is citation count, which is the most common method for analyzing the magnitude of sc...