MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS: MEDICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES
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Edited By Melanie Duckworth, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Tony Iezzi, London Health Sciences Center, Ontario, Canada William O'Donohue, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Description This book is a comprehensive review of the motor vehicle collision (MVC) experience and includes chapters relevant to the assessment and
treatment of multiple consequences of MVC involvement, including medical, psychosocial, and legal difficulties. The book is designed
to be accessible to both clinicians and researchers interested in the study of MVCs and in the management of MVC-related problems.
The aim of this book is to capture the MVC experience from a multidisciplinary perspective, This book will serve as a necessary reference
for physicians, rehabilitation specialists, allied medical professionals, psychologists, and lawyers.
Audience
Clinicians and researchers interested in the study of motor vehicle collisions and in the management of related problems. Physicians,
rehabilitation specialists, allied medical professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists and lawyers who have experience with motor vehicle
collisions.
Contents Section I The Scope and Significance of Motor Vehicle Collisions
1. Introduction to Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and
Legal Consequences
Melanie P. Duckworth, Tony Iezzi, William T. O'Donohue
2. The Prevalence and Impact of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Ted
Miller
3. Predictors of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Graham Hole
Section II Managing the Immediate Motor Vehicle Collision Aftermath
4.
Assessment of Acute Pain, Physical Injury, and Disability Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Murray Girotti and Neil Parry
5. Treatment
of Acute Pain, Physical Injury, and Disability Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
David B. Hoyt
6. Emergency Room Trauma: The Immediate
Aftermath of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Therese S. Richmond
7. Acute Stress Disorder Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Richard A.
Bryant
Section III Managing the Consequences of Motor Vehicle Collisions in the Primary Care Setting
8. Normalizing Experiences of Acute
Pain and Injury-Related Impairment
Keith Sequeira
9. Normalizing Emotional Distress
Michael Lewandowski
10. Managing Primary Care Costs:
Medical and Psychological Cost-Offset
William T. O'Donohue
Section IV Chronic Physical and Psychological Consequences of Motor Vehicle
Collisions
11. Assessment of Patients with Whiplash Associated Disorders
Dennis Turk and James Robinson
12. Treatment of Chronic Pain
Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Robert J. Gatchel
13. Neuropathology and Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury Consequent to a Motor
Vehicle Collisions
H. Julia Hannay
14. Cognitive Impairment Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Grant Iverson
15. Psychological Conditions
Associated with Motor Vehicle Collisions
Meaghan O'Donnell and Mark Creamer
16. Assessment of PTSD Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Melanie P. Duckworth
17. Treatment of PTSD Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Edward J. Hickling and Eric Kuhn
18. Driving Phobia
Associated with Motor Vehicle Collisions
Joanne Taylor
Section V Medical-Legal Issues Associated with Motor Vehicle Collisions
19. Medical-Legal
Issues: A Legal Perspective
Stephen Schenke
20. Medical-Legal Issues: A Medical Perspective
Nathan D. Zasler and Michael F. Martelli
21. Medical-Legal Issues: A Psychological Perspective
Tony Iezzi
22. Medical-Legal. Issues: A Patient's Perspective
Melanie P. Duckworth
and Tony Iezzi
Section VI Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions
23. Current Status and Future Directions in the Study of Motor
Vehicle Collisions and the Associated Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences
Tony Iezzi, Melanie P. Duckworth, and William T.
O'Donohue
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