# Living with Physical Disability and Amputation

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- Authors: [Keren Fisher](https://www.bookquiver.com/keren-fisher)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-01-01

## Description

According to the Department of Health, there are 8.7 million physically disabled people in the UK. Of these, some 460,000 people have spinal cord injuries and/or amputations. Acquiring a disability brings specific problems, not just in terms of confidence, self-esteem, and adapting to a new physical reality, but of the recognized medical phenomenon of limb disconnection, which involves a mismatch between the brain's actual representation of the body shape and its physical appearance. There is plenty of mythology around 'phantom limbs' and similar, but this book takes an evidence-based look at the reality, and uses cognitive behavioural therapy and other methods to deal with it.

## Editions

### Living with Physical Disability and Amputation

- Publisher: sheldon_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4709-121-5
- Published: 2011-01-01
- Language: en_GB