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Edited by P. Gallagher, D. Desmond, and M. MacLachlan
164 pp, $129.50
London, UK, Springer-Verlag, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-8462-8979-8

JAMA. 2008;299(16):1957-1958.

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Amputation is a disability that grabs one's attention. While advances in prosthetic design may promote episodic media attention, the evolution of prosthetic design and engineering is inspiring. However, as a physician who has focused his career on the treatment of persons with limb loss and as a scientist who is trying to develop the next generation of artificial limbs, I am deeply aware that the most important aspect of recovery from amputation is the psychological adjustment of my patients.

Figure. The evolution of prosthetic design and utility is being advanced by a more insightful understanding of human morphology as it relates to hydraulic and electrical design. Display of the medical illustration by permission and courtesy of the artist, Jason Glenn Isley.

Psychoprosthetics is an important new text for the field of rehabilitation. The editors are leaders in the field of psychology for the rehabilitation of individuals with limb loss and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Todd Alan Kuiken, MD, Reviewer
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
tkuiken@northwestern.edu