Boudreaux R E, Pool D A, Henke R O, McCollum P S
J Allied Health. 1978 Spring;7(2):133-9.
Rehabilitation is perceived as the third phase of health care following preventive health care and curative medicine. The rehabilitation specialist assists the health care team in facilitating the patient to live and work with what he has left. The unique role of the rehabilitation specialist in the health care system is described, as well as his/her relation to traditional helth care personnel. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas in the School of Allied Health Sciences has offered professional education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Department of Rehabilitation Science for the past five years. The curriculum description, student characteristics, and employment placements are distinguishing features of each program and describe how this rehabilitation specialist is educated.
康复被视为继预防性医疗保健和治疗性医学之后的医疗保健第三阶段。康复专家协助医疗团队，促使患者利用其尚存的能力生活和工作。文中描述了康复专家在医疗保健系统中的独特作用，以及他/她与传统医疗保健人员的关系。在过去五年里，位于达拉斯的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心联合健康科学学院在康复科学系提供了本科和研究生层次的专业教育。课程描述、学生特点和就业安置是每个项目的显著特征，阐述了这位康复专家是如何接受教育的。
