PT 7709 - Professional Practice II: Psychosocial Aspects of Disability and Disease

2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Entry into the PT program and successful completion of all prior DPT courses.
Description
Students explore the basic concepts and principles essential to the understanding of the therapist/client/ family reactions to disability and disease. Concepts of behavior management, death and dying, lifestyle adaptation, and attitudes toward disability are presented with respect to their influence on physical, psychosocial, and cultural aspects of an individual’s quality of life. Examination of legal and ethical issues that impact physical therapy delivery are also discussed. L