This book is a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic and evolving landscape of allied healthcare, providing a foundational understanding of the principles, practices, and challenges associated with integrated patient care. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it addresses the interplay of various allied health disciplines and communication and ethical and legal considerations followed in achieving optimal patient outcomes.
The volume begins with an introduction to allied health sciences and career opportunities and discusses the basic knowledge, such as knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the interrelationship between systems and organs in the body. The volume covers the skills required for specialized areas, including medical imaging and radiology; rehabilitation, physical, and occupational therapy; speech therapy; nutrition and dietetics; community ophthalmology; etc. Also addressed are the safety quality and patient care aspects of allied healthcare, forensic aspects in patient care, inter-collaborations in patient care; and ethical and legal issues in patient care.
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