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Rehabilitation
Medical Definition: | Restoration to the maximum degree possible of a person or persons suffering from disease or injury. |
Guide Notes: | GEN only: prefer /rehabil with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.64; see note on AFTERCARE; DF: REHABIL |
Also Called: | Habilitation |
Activities of Daily Living - The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, eating, etc., in rehabilitation. | |
Bibliotherapy - A form of supportive psychotherapy in which the patient is given carefully selected material to read. | |
Early Ambulation - Procedure characterized by a shorter period of hospitalization or recumbency or by more rapid mobilization than is normally practiced. | |
Occupational Therapy - The field concerned with utilizing craft or work activities in the rehabilitation of patients. Occupational therapy can also refer to the activities themselves. | |
Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired - Procedures for assisting a person with a hearing disorder to maximum comprehension in communication. | |
Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders - Procedures for assisting a person with a speech or language disorder to communicate with maximum efficiency. | |
Rehabilitation, Vocational - Training of the mentally or physically disabled in work skills so they may be returned to regular employment utilizing these skills. |
Rehabilitation Medical Definitions and Terms
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