Clinical Reasoning For Manual Therapists

Clinical Reasoning for Manual Therapists

A practical text covering the theory and the practice of clinical reasoning skills for all physical therapists. Provides readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting. With a range of very high-caliber international contributors in the field of physiotherapy practice, this book gives the answers to the practitioner's question of how does one apply the theoretical knowledge involved in clinical reasoning to practice and how can one become a better practitioner as a result.* This book will provide readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting* Increase clinicians' awareness of the clinical reasoning process* Encourage clinicians' reflection of their own reasoning including factors that influence their reasoning, typical errors they may be making and how to promote skilled reasoningReviewChiropractic Journal of Australia, December 2004 "The book is extremely useful for clinicians of all manual disciplines. Improved clinical documentation, which is a core component of evidence based practice.""The authors have written an exceptionally well produced text for physiotherapists, osteopaths and other manual therapists on the art of clinical reasoning and following a diagnostic plan through to a conclusion...This text can be heartily recommended to all therapists wishing to explore all the options using a case by case analysis of real patients and their complaints." Osteopath Scotland, July 2010About the AuthorMark Jones, BSc (Psych), PT, M App Sc, Coordinator, Senior Lecturer, Graduate Programs in Manipulative Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, University of South Australia, South Australia; and Darren Rivett, BAppSc(Phty), GradDipManip Ther, MAppSc(ManipPhty), Senior Lecturer and Coordinaor of Postgraduate Programmes in Manipulative Physiotherapy, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand