The Physical and Psychosocial Health Status of Clients With Spinal Cord Injury Awarded Damages in Litigation
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: As the specialization of life care planning continues to evolve, a greater emphasis is occurring from both within the discipline and externally for empirically driven data to support life care planner opinions. One area remaining unresolved pertains to life care planners’ knowledge of how, or if, their life care plan has been implemented post-settlement. A related area pertains to the daily physical and psychosocial health issues of persons with spinal cord injury which can impact the development of their life care plan. The present pilot study explored injury related characteristics and the post-settlement expenditures of former life care plan clients with spinal cord injury as well as their acute rehabilitation experience, psychological and sexual adjustment, perceived health, re-hospitalization, and secondary complications. A rationale for responding to attorney questions regarding implementing aspects of the life care plan is provided.
Source: Journal of Life Care Planning
DOI: 10.70385/001c.151407
Authors: Irmo Marini, Eva Miller
Language: English
Topic: Spinal Cord Injury Research
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416824280
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