This book provides comprehensive coverage of the key issues and perspectives in the current practice of physiotherapy, focussing on the issues that are not taught in 'clinical' texts yet that underpin professional practice. The book helps students gain a good understanding of the physiotherapy profession. It will introduce students to the key practice issues included in professional entry curricula: history of the profession, the workforce and roles of physiotherapists, ethics, law, reflective practice, clinical reasoning, teamwork, and other professional issues within the field of physiotherapy.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. PREFACE - p. iii 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - p. iii 7. EDITORS - p. vii 8. CONTRIBUTORS - p. viii 9. REVIEWERS - p. viii 10. Section 1: Physiotherapy – The Profession - p. xi 11. Chapter 1: PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE 21ST CENTURY - p. xi 12. Chapter 2: CURRENT TRENDS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 19 13. Chapter 3: HISTORICAL PHASES IN PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 32 14. Chapter 4: THE PHYSIOTHERAPY WORKFORCE - p. 43 15. Chapter 5: BECOMING A MEMBER OF A HEALTH PROFESSION: A JOURNEY OF SOCIALISATION - p. 57 16. Section 2: Physiotherapy Practice - p. 71 17. Chapter 6: CAREER PATHWAYS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - p. 71 18. Chapter 7: MODELS AND PHILOSOPHY OF PRACTICE - p. 89 19. Chapter 8: CLINICAL REASONING IN PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 101 20. Section 3: Contexts of Practice - p. 114 21. Chapter 9: WORKING AND LEARNING IN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE - p. 114 22. Chapter 10: CULTURE AND PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 127 23. Chapter 11: THE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 138 24. Chapter 12: WORKING IN RURAL AND REMOTE PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 150 25. Chapter 13: PHYSIOTHERAPY AND INDIGENOUS HEALTH - p. 163 26. Section 4: Standards and Evidence for Practice - p. 174 27. Chapter 14: ETHICS, PRACTICE REGULATION AND PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 174 28. Chapter 15: PHYSIOTHERAPY AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE - p. 188 29. Chapter 16: PHYSIOTHERAPY AND LITIGATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND EDUCATION - p. 203 30. Chapter 17: RESEARCHING PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 217 31. Section 5: Working with Others - p. 230 32. Chapter 18: PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AS COMMUNICATORS AND EDUCATORS - p. 230 33. Chapter 19: DEVELOPING PERSON-CENTRED RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIENTS AND FAMILIES - p. 245 34. Chapter 20: TEAMS AND COLLABORATION IN PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 259 35. Chapter 21: WORKING WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSISTANTS - p. 273 36. Section 6: Evaluation and Management - p. 286 37. Chapter 22: SELF-MANAGEMENT: MANAGING YOURSELF AS A PHYSIOTHERAPIST - p. 286 38. Chapter 23: MANAGING A PRACTICE - p. 300 39. Chapter 24: EVALUATION OF PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 312 40. INDEX - p. 326
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the key issues and perspectives in the current practice of physiotherapy, focussing on the issues that are not taught in 'clinical' texts yet that underpin professional practice. The book helps students gain a good understanding of the physiotherapy profession. It will introduce students to the key practice issues included in professional entry curricula: history of the profession, the workforce and roles of physiotherapists, ethics, law, reflective practice, clinical reasoning, teamwork, and other professional issues within the field of physiotherapy.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. PREFACE - p. iii 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - p. iii 7. EDITORS - p. vii 8. CONTRIBUTORS - p. viii 9. REVIEWERS - p. viii 10. Section 1: Physiotherapy – The Profession - p. xi 11. Chapter 1: PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE 21ST CENTURY - p. xi 12. Chapter 2: CURRENT TRENDS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 19 13. Chapter 3: HISTORICAL PHASES IN PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 32 14. Chapter 4: THE PHYSIOTHERAPY WORKFORCE - p. 43 15. Chapter 5: BECOMING A MEMBER OF A HEALTH PROFESSION: A JOURNEY OF SOCIALISATION - p. 57 16. Section 2: Physiotherapy Practice - p. 71 17. Chapter 6: CAREER PATHWAYS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - p. 71 18. Chapter 7: MODELS AND PHILOSOPHY OF PRACTICE - p. 89 19. Chapter 8: CLINICAL REASONING IN PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 101 20. Section 3: Contexts of Practice - p. 114 21. Chapter 9: WORKING AND LEARNING IN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE - p. 114 22. Chapter 10: CULTURE AND PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 127 23. Chapter 11: THE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 138 24. Chapter 12: WORKING IN RURAL AND REMOTE PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 150 25. Chapter 13: PHYSIOTHERAPY AND INDIGENOUS HEALTH - p. 163 26. Section 4: Standards and Evidence for Practice - p. 174 27. Chapter 14: ETHICS, PRACTICE REGULATION AND PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 174 28. Chapter 15: PHYSIOTHERAPY AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE - p. 188 29. Chapter 16: PHYSIOTHERAPY AND LITIGATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND EDUCATION - p. 203 30. Chapter 17: RESEARCHING PHYSIOTHERAPY - p. 217 31. Section 5: Working with Others - p. 230 32. Chapter 18: PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AS COMMUNICATORS AND EDUCATORS - p. 230 33. Chapter 19: DEVELOPING PERSON-CENTRED RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIENTS AND FAMILIES - p. 245 34. Chapter 20: TEAMS AND COLLABORATION IN PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 259 35. Chapter 21: WORKING WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSISTANTS - p. 273 36. Section 6: Evaluation and Management - p. 286 37. Chapter 22: SELF-MANAGEMENT: MANAGING YOURSELF AS A PHYSIOTHERAPIST - p. 286 38. Chapter 23: MANAGING A PRACTICE - p. 300 39. Chapter 24: EVALUATION OF PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE - p. 312 40. INDEX - p. 326
