Rehabilitation in Practice

Dr. Christopher Hayre is currently Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography at Charles Sturt University in Australia and responsible for both undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses. His research interests include X-ray dose optimisation, artificial intelligence and professional practice of diagnostic radiographers. Professor Dave Muller was previously Principal of Suffolk New College and led the demerger of Suffolk College to create University Campus Suffolk, now the University of Suffolk, and a new College of Further Education. He is Chair of Inspire Suffolk a charity which works with hard to reach young adults with the aim to improve their life chances. The charity is focused on delivering a wide range of services and opportunities to make a real difference and to change lives. He is visiting Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of Suffolk where he mentors and supports staff carrying out research. This links strongly tohis International role as Editor in Chief of ‘Disability and Rehabilitation’ which is a leading inter-disciplinary rehabilitation Journal in the field.Professor Paul Hackett is an active teacher and researcher. His research and teaching is rooted in the category-based system for understanding complex behavior known as facet theory. His interest in ontological categories has expanded from facet theory, to mapping sentences and then to metaphysics and ontology in a more general sense.

• Section 1 Introduction.- 1 What is ethnography? An introduction.- 2 Ethnography in rehabilitation: Current methodological applications.- Section 2 Young adults.- 3 Neurological spinal cord injury.- 4 Juvenile arthritis.- 5 Netography: Digital rehabilitation.- 6 Mental health: Depression and anxiety.- Section 3 Older adults.- 7 Frailty.- 8 Dementia.- 9 Falling.- 10 Living with arthritis.- Section 4 Caregivers and family support.- 11 Stroke.- 12 Down's syndrome.- 13 Cancer care and survivorship.- 14 Palliative care.- Section 5 Conclusion.- 15 Concluding thoughts.