By Richard J. Siegert, William M. M. Levack

Written to supply clinicians, educators, researchers, and scholars in rehabilitation with a entire assessment of the speculation, perform, and proof base of objective surroundings, this first-of-its-kind reference presents an authoritative, cutting-edge wisdom of the perform. The authors conceal a huge diversity of alternative methods to aim environment, with enter from specialists from North the US, Europe, and Australia. This ebook is acceptable to sufferers with stroke, hectic mind damage, neurological issues, spinal wire harm, and different conditions.

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Toward a theory for nursing: General concepts of human behavior. New York, NY: Wiley. Challenges in Theory, Practice and Evidence 17 King, I. M. (1981). A theory for nursing: Systems, concepts, process. New York, NY: Wiley. , & Sherman, R. (1968). Goal attainment scaling: A general method for evaluating community health programs. Community Mental Health Journal, 4, 443–453. Kline, K. , Scott, L. , & Britton, A. S. (2007). The use of supportive-educative and mutual goalsetting strategies to improve self-management for patients with heart failure.

The goal-directed nursing approach: It does work. American Journal of Nursing, 70(2), 306–310. M. Levack, Sarah G. Dean, Kathryn M. McPherson and Richard J. 1 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 2 Enthusiasm versus Evidence: The Risk of Confirmation Bias....................................... 3 Conducting a Fair Test of the Effectiveness of Goal Setting in Rehabilitation Contexts...................................................................................................

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