AOTA

Occupational Therapy in Acute Care, 2nd Edition, written collaboratively by occupational therapists with acute care and teaching experience and edited by Helene Smith-Gabai, PhD, OTR/L, BCPR, and Suzanne E. Holm, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, is designed for practitioners working in a hospital setting and others seeking to learn more about this important but often overlooked area of practice. Illustrated chapters offer an understanding of the various bodily systems, common conditions, diseases, procedures, and typical medical management and how they relate to occupational therapy practice. Chapter 37, by Komal Sahu, MPH, OTR/L, discusses how energy consumption can be redistributed by the body by organizing the environment and body to increase efficiency. It also discusses factors that can affect or produce inefficiency in the human body and energy availability and use, thus affecting the quality of life.