Medical, Psychosocial and Vocational Aspects of Disability

his text approaches the subject matter in a way that is especially useful for students and educators in rehabilitation counseling. Typically, medical aspects of disability texts authored by nurses or medical social workers, tend to be very heavy in use of terminology and technical specifics. Editors Brodwin, et al. have deliberately chosen to avoid cluttering the text with details that are either not essential to the rehabilitation counselors role, or unnecessary given the limitless volume of detail now available on the internet. Rather, this informative text takes a rehabilitation case study approach, with the goal of helping students to understand the diverse and interacting factors that contribute to rehabilitation potential.