All about Hip Replacement: A Patient's Guide

By Richard Trahair

Every year more than half a million people around the world undergo hip replacement. This book records the experiences of the author and thirteen other patients who have had the operation. They talk about their troubles with the old hips, reaching the difficult decision to have the operation, the strenuous process of finding appropriate surgeons and hospitals, and their preparations for the operation. Richard Trahair, an author and psychologist who has recently had hip replacement himself, weaves these people's hopes and concerns with professional advice from surgeons, rheumatologists, physiotherapists, nurses, and occupational therapists to provide a full, informed picture of the operation from several different viewpoints.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019554112X
• ISBN13: 9780195541120
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Hip replacement

I bought this book for my mother who needed a hip replacement. Both my mother and I found it very helpful because it describes so clearly the experiences that patients have. It prepared us well for her operation and recovery.