HLTC17H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vancouver System, Industrial Revolution, Health Promotion
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What does rehabilitation mean: broad rehabilitation = to make fit again; latin, an even occurred then back to normal, to gain back bodily or cognitive function, re-integration into society, drug and alcohol addiction. In health care, rehab provides interventions that go beyond medical treatment. Injuries and illness: re-establish individuals as productive and socially-integrated citizens. Readings 1: world war 1 had a significant impact on the rise of rehabilitation, before war, men worked and women didn"t. Invoke the art spirit for promoting health: relieve stress and restore the soul, reduce the need for physical restraint, learn skills for work. Evolution of rehabilitation: eldar and jelic, 2003, gritzer and arluke, 1985, while the idea has been around for centuries it only began to take hold during the. First world war when so many injured soldiers needed to become re-established upon their return home.
