Wound Management: Principles and Practice (2nd ed)

Wound Management: Principles and Practice (2nd ed). BY BETSY MYERS. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson- Prentice Hall; 2007. 480 pp. $51.03 (softcover). 978-0132294560.

Wound Management: Principles and Practice provides pertinent information addressing strategies for the examination and management of various types of open wounds. The text is very well organized and supports the American Physical Therapy Association's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice with emphasis on the Integumentary Pattern. Each chapter begins with key terms, an introduction and chapter objectives which serve as a self-study guide. Utilization of tables, figures, and photographs serve an essential purpose in assisting the reader in connecting didactic instruction to clinical practice. Throughout the text, the author poses clinically relevant checkpoint questions as an additional strategy for assisting the reader in comprehending the topics. The chapters typically end with review questions. In addition, the textbook includes a CD-ROM consisting...