This textbook is an essential resource for life care planners in understanding and assessing a range of medical disabilities, life care planning as a health care service delivery practice, certification under the International Commission on Health Care Certification, as well as the path to rehabilitation for mild to catastrophic injuries.

Preface. Foreword by Timothy F. Field. 1.Life Care Planning: History, Process, and the Written Document. 2.Disability Legislation in the United States and Canada. 3.Third-Party Provider Systems. 4.Independent Medical Evaluations. 5.Significant Body Systems. 6.Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability. 7.The Pediatric Life Care Plan and Vocational Evaluation. 8.Disability Sequelae of Immobility: A Systems Perspective. 9.Acquired Brain Injury. Appendix 9.1:Impact of Injuries on Activities of Daily Living [ADLs] and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs). Appendix 9.2:Life Care Plan Subsection Charts. 10.Traumatic Brain Injury: A Neurosurgeon's Perspective. 11.Post-Traumatic Headaches. 12.Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. 13.Spinal Disorders. Appendix 13.1:Glossary for All Healthcare Professionals. 14.Peripheral Neuropathies. 15.Amputations. 16.Pain Medicine and Life Care Planning. 17.Burn Trauma and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 18.Canadian Life Care Planning and Cost Projection Analysis: A Comparison of Process and Application. 19.Functional Capacity Evaluation: Process, Utility, and Life Care Planning and Case Management Applications. 20.The Medical Cost Projection. 21.Expert Witness Testimony: Legal, Practical, and Ethical Considerations. 22. The International Commission on Health Care Certification: Certification and Accreditation in Life Care Planning.