All About Hip Replacement: A Patients Guide; Author: Trahair, Richard; Author: Trahair, R. C. S.; Paperback; Large size

Author: Trahair, Richard; Author: Trahair, R. C. S.
Paperback; Large size; 20 Diagrams, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
192 pages
Published: October 1998
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019554112X
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Every year more than a people half million around the world undergo hip replacement. This book records the experiences of the author and thirteen other patients who have had the operation. They talk about their troubles with the old hips, reaching the difficult decision to have hip replacement the strenuous process of finding appropriate surgeons and hospitals, and their preparations for the operation. Richard Trahair, a psychologist by training, weaves thee people's hopes and concerns with professional advice from surgeons, rheumatologists, physiotherapists, nurses, and occupational therapists to provide a complete, informed picture of the operation from many different viewpoints.Covers all facets of the surgery with fourteen different accounts by recent patients. Based on the author's and 13 other patients' experience of hip replacement, this book equips those thinking about having the operation with the appropriate information, and will help patients to make a full recovery.