Plaster Casting: Patient Problems and Nursing Care

by Susan Morgan, Jane Upton (Illustrator)

This book provides sufficient practical details to enable nurses, plaster technicians and doctors to apply presentable and functional casts, avoiding common hazards. It concentrates on basic principles which can be adapted for individual patient's needs and circumstances. A feature of the book is its emphasis on patient care, both in hospital and at home. In particular, the patient's own self care responsibilities are clearly demonstrated.

204 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1990