Education for patients with limb loss or absence: Aging, overuse concerns, and patient treatment knowledge gaps
The goals of vascular composite allotransplantation (VCA) for hand are to maximize functional status and psychosocial wellbeing and to improve quality of life. Candidates are carefully vetted by transplant programs through an extensive evaluation process to exclude those patients with contraindicati...
Main Authors: | Dawn Finnie, Joan M. Griffin, Cassie C. Kennedy, Karen Schaepe, Kasey Boehmer, Ian Hargraves, Hatem Amer, Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.953113/full |
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