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Follow-Up Care System-Spinal Cord Injury Manual, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital And Magee Rehabilitation
Follow-Up Care System-Spinal Cord Injury Manual, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital And Magee Rehabilitation
Spinal Cord Injury Manual (English)
Introduction
The Spinal Cord Injury Follow-Up Care System is a program that will assist you in your lifetime care once you are discharged from the hospital. The follow-up care system is structured with primary team members being you and your family, the physiatrist (doctor who specializes in physical therapies), nurse clinician and case manager. Team members available for consultation include physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, speech therapists, dietitians, urologists, gynecologists, plastic surgeons and podiatrists.
The nurse clinicians are available in the Spinal Cord Injury Follow-Up Clinic at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital and act as the coordinator and liaison between the …