Genesis A Portrait Of A Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Stephen Thompson
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780865343306

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Genesis, A Portrait of a Spinal Cord Injury by Stephen Thompson Pdf

Not long after Indiana University had won the NCAA championship in 1981, a young man of twenty was hurriedly riding his bicycle in order to make it on time for a tennis tournament. He had plans for returning to the game after having been sidetracked with the "college life." Although he expected to attend graduate school, he was hoping to play professional tennis one day. He never made it to that tournament. A head-on collision with an automobile had crushed his dreams and also his neck, resulting in a cervical spinal cord injury. As he lay in the intensive care unit unable to move, he listened to music on his Walkman to distract him from his terrible predicament. His favorite tape, "The Lamb" by Genesis, seemed to help keep his attitude positive and hopeful. The following months are torturous and frustrating and he prays for a miracle; near-death experiences that seem too mysterious to comprehend show him that there is life beyond human existence. Then, after finally making it to the rehabilitation unit, he meets other young men in similar situations and they all struggle together to increase their functional abilities. In this rare and candid memoir, Stephen Thompson shares his many tribulations as he experiences new beginnings, both physical and spiritual, and strives for the ultimate goal of any spinal cord injury victim: to walk again.

Author : Dana Ferguson
Publisher : Book Review Index Cumulation
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1414419120

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Book Review Index - 2009 Cumulation by Dana Ferguson Pdf

Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. The up-to-date coverage, wide scope and inclusion of citations for both newly published and older materials make Book Review Index an exceptionally useful reference tool. More than 600 publications are indexed, including journals and national general interest publications and newspapers. Book Review Index is available in a three-issue subscription covering the current year or as an annual cumulation covering the past year.

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1372 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015046424373

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Forthcoming Books by Rose Arny Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1334 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175026756794

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2740 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Books
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111051640

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian Schiff,A. Elizabeth McKim,Sylvie Patron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190256654

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Life and Narrative by Brian Schiff,A. Elizabeth McKim,Sylvie Patron Pdf

"Life and Narrative examines the perennial mystery of how persons encounter, manage, and inhabit a self and a world of their own--and others'--creation and the ramifications of such creations. From literary and social science perspectives, this volume grapples with the process of how life and narrative interact"--

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1914 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498405

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Tax administration and procedure
ISBN : UIUC:30112048646241

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Internal Revenue Bulletin by United States. Internal Revenue Service Pdf

Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Tax administration and procedure
ISBN : OSU:32437011469414

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Internal Revenue Cumulative Bulletin by United States. Internal Revenue Service Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Identifying Disabling Medical Conditions Likely to Improve with Treatment
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309670951

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Selected Health Conditions and Likelihood of Improvement with Treatment by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Identifying Disabling Medical Conditions Likely to Improve with Treatment Pdf

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefits: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. SSDI provides disability benefits to people (under the full retirement age) who are no longer able to work because of a disabling medical condition. SSI provides income assistance for disabled, blind, and aged people who have limited income and resources regardless of their prior participation in the labor force. Both programs share a common disability determination process administered by SSA and state agencies as well as a common definition of disability for adults: "the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months." Disabled workers might receive either SSDI benefits or SSI payments, or both, depending on their recent work history and current income and assets. Disabled workers might also receive benefits from other public programs such as workers' compensation, which insures against work-related illness or injuries occurring on the job, but those other programs have their own definitions and eligibility criteria. Selected Health Conditions and Likelihood of Improvement with Treatment identifies and defines the professionally accepted, standard measurements of outcomes improvement for medical conditions. This report also identifies specific, long-lasting medical conditions for adults in the categories of mental health disorders, cancers, and musculoskeletal disorders. Specifically, these conditions are disabling for a length of time, but typically don't result in permanently disabling limitations; are responsive to treatment; and after a specific length of time of treatment, improve to the point at which the conditions are no longer disabling.

Author : Michael Atkinson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802085687

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Tattooed by Michael Atkinson Pdf

Cultural sensibilities about tattooing are discussed within historical context and in relation to broader trends in body modification, such as cosmetic surgery, dieting, and piercing.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : UOM:39015056082517

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Dissertation Abstracts International by Anonim Pdf

Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.

Author : J.K. Paterson,L. Burn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789400921658

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Back Pain by J.K. Paterson,L. Burn Pdf

As we stated in our message in the book of abstracts for this congress, we have planned the programme over a long period with one clear objective: to present musculoskeletal medicine as an integral part of orthodox medical practice, rather than as something alternative or complementary. To this end we have based the plenary programme as far as possible on accepted epidemiological, anatomical, physiological and pathological phenomena. Scientifically well-validated material must surely be the base upon which any viable musculoskeletal medicine practice may be built. While we have chosen the plenary programme to reflect musculoskeletal medicine as a part of orthodoxy, we realize and wish to emphasize that there is a wealth of original work that has been carried out within FIMM. For this reason our first innovation for the congress was to invite members of the scientific advisory committee to select for a 'directed' programme the three topics they felt were of greatest current importance. The results of this democratic procedure was the choice of the sacroiliac joint, a comparison of manual therapies and biomechanics. This illustrates the broad direction of present thinking within FIMM.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medicine
ISBN : MINN:31951P002070725

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Biomedical Index to PHS-supported Research by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rachel Toombs
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666732214

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Flannery O'Connor and Stylistic Asceticism by Rachel Toombs Pdf

Flannery O’Connor and Stylistic Asceticism explores the impact style has not only on a story’s meaning, but on the reading experience. O’Connor’s sparingly wrought stories, particularly in their climactic moments of divine disclosure, invite characters and readers alike into invitations of graced encounters that often wound even as they bless. Flannery O’Connor and Stylistic Asceticism draws out the force and vulnerability in reading spare stories of graced encounters by identifying a kinship with a much older form of storytelling: biblical Hebrew narrative. Focusing on the climactic scenes of O’Connor’s Wise Blood and Genesis 32’s account of Jacob’s nighttime wrestling, Rachel Toombs offers a fresh take on the theological impact of spare narration. These stories invite readers into a posture akin to prayer where in an uncluttered space we see ourselves as we truly are and there meet God.