1;Vorwort zur 3. Auflage;7 2;Vorwort zur 1. Auflage;8 3;Acknowledgements;9 4;Weitere Beiträge;10 5;Contents;11 6;Unit 1: Health and Health Care;13 6.1;1.1 Not Feeling Well;14 6.2;1.2 Introduction to Health and Ill Health;16 6.3;1.3 Some Commonly Encountered MedicalConditions;20 6.4;1.4 Health Professionals;23 6.5;1.5 Types of Health Care Systems;25 6.6;1.6 The Health Care System of the UK:The National Health Service (NHS);28 6.7;1.7 Health Care in the USA;31 6.8;1.8 Health Services in the USA;36 6.9;1.9 The German Health Care System;38 7;Unit 2: Body Parts and Body Functions;40 7.1;2.1 Basic Anatomical Terms;41 7.2;2.2 Directions and Planes of Reference;43 7.3;2.3 The Parts of the Body;46 7.4;2.4 Compound Words in Anatomy;47 7.5;2.5 The Brain and Nervous System;49 7.6;2.6 Human Locomotion;51 7.7;2.7 The Physiology of Voice;53 7.8;2.8 The Larynx and Thoracic Cavity;58 7.9;2.9 Auscultation of the Lungs;60 7.10;2.10 Human Anatomy in English Proverbs andSayings;62 8;Unit 3: Places of Work and ProfessionalResponsibilities;65 8.1;3.1 Allied Health Professions;66 8.2;3.2 What Do Occupational Therapists,Physiotherapists and Speech and LanguageTherapists Do?;68 8.3;3.3 The Working Conditions of OccupationalTherapists, Physiotherapists and Speech andLanguage Therapists around the World;71 8.4;3.4 Occupation - Movement - Communication;72 8.5;3.5 Occupational Therapy Models of Practice;73 8.6;3.6 Therapeutic Treatment Methods inOccupational Therapy and Speech andLanguage Therapy;76 8.7;3.7 Physiotherapy Fields of Activity and ClinicalPractice;78 8.8;3.8 Working in Private Practice in the USA;80 8.9;3.9 Working for a School Board in the USA;82 8.10;3.10 Working in a Hospital in the USA;84 8.11;3.11 The Multi-Professional Setting within a Hospitalin the United Kingdom;85 8.12;3.12 Asking and Giving Directions;88 8.13;3.13 Working Shifts for Allied Health Professionals inPublic Hospitals;92 8.14;3.14 Instruments and Equipment in the Hospital;94 8.15;3.15 Health and Safety in the Hospital;94 9;Unit 4: Communicating with Patients -From Initial Assessment to Discharge;98 9.1;4.1 The Therapeutic Relationship and theIntervention Process;99 9.2;4.2 Making an Appointment;100 9.3;4.3 Case History;101 9.4;4.4 The Initial Assessment Interview - BasicInterview;103 9.5;4.5 The Initial Assessment Interview - DetailedInterview and Questionnaire;109 9.6;4.6 Documentation I - Case Notes and DiagnosticReport;114 9.7;4.7 Completing a Physical Examination;118 9.8;4.8 Clinical Reasoning Processes in ChestPhysiotherapy - An Excursion to RespiratoryPhysiotherapy Treatment;120 9.9;4.9 Interpretation of Test Results and Observations;123 9.10;4.10 Treatment and Treatment Plan;127 9.11;4.11 Documentation II - SOAP Notes;133 9.12;4.12 Documentation III - Progress Report andDischarge Summary;140 10;Unit 5: Interdisciplinary Collaboration -The Vocabulary of Health Professionalsin Multi-Professional Teams;145 10.1;5.1 Health Care Teams and Team Collaboration;146 10.2;5.2 The International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health (ICF);147 10.3;5.3 Health Professionals and Attitudes towardDisability;149 10.4;5.4 Assistive Devices;151 10.5;5.5 Areas Covered in Rehabilitation Programmes;154 10.6;5.6 Team Conference on an Inpatient Sub-AcuteStroke Unit;156 10.7;5.7 Team Meeting for an IEP (IndividualizedEducation Plan) in the USA;160 10.8;5.8 Neurological Patient Admission to Hospital -Example of a Hospital Medical Ward Chart Note;163 11;Unit 6: Higher Education -OT, PT, SLT at University;168 11.1;6.1 Differences between School and University;169 11.2;6.2 Study Skills: Academic Reading;169 11.3;6.3 Study Skills: Academic Writing;172 11.4;6.4 Study Skills: Presentations and Discussions;175 11.5;6.5 A Short Overview of Higher Education in the UKand the USA;181 11.6;6.6 Doing a Bachelor's Degree - An OccupationalTherapy Student's Perspective;185 11.7;6.7 Doing a Master's Degree - A Speech-LanguagePathologist's Experience;187 11.8;6.8 The International Perspective on