Clinical Practice Abstracts




Literature Review & Critique: Health Outcomes, Health Behaviors, and Spinal Cord Injury

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Michelle A. Meade, PhD
ABSTRACTS
Krause, J. (1996). Secondary conditions and spinal cord injury: A model for prediction and prevention. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2(2). 58-70.
Rehabilitation professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about the long-term consequences of spinal cord injury. After SCI, individuals are vulnerable to a wide array of secondary conditions, including skin sores, urinary […]

Focus on Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Rebecca Adcock, PhD

In January 2006 the AASCIPSW Clinical Practice Committee (CPC) suggested Reading List was placed on the Website and later sent to members via email. We are privileged to have Sara Klaas, MSW, C-ASWCM on the committee. She works at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago, Illinois and added some additional relevant […]

Hospice: A Resource for Patients and Those Who Care for Them

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Susan Campbell, MSW, LSW
During the middle ages, a hospice was a place of shelter––usually provided by monastic orders––for pilgrims or other travelers in need of lodging. In keeping with the spirit of caring in these offers of hospitality, the word hospice has been used for at least a century to describe facilities devoted to the […]

Clinical Practice Abstracts

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Rebecca Adcock, PhD
In an effort to provide readers with timely access to current information in the field of spinal cord injury (SCI), the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers (AASCIPSW) Clinical Practice Committee (CPC) will begin publishing annotated abstracts of recent articles, books, and other publications as a regular feature […]