xiii, 231 p. ; 26 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Understanding spinal cord injury -- Aim and scope of this report -- What is spinal cord injury? -- The medical dimension -- The historical dimension of spinal cord injury -- Spinal cord injury as a challenge to health systems and to society -- Tools for understandi...

Contents note continued: Causes of non-traumatic spinal cord injury -- Activities, places and circumstances associated with spinal cord injuries -- Occupational injuries -- Sport and recreation-related injuries -- Natural disasters -- Conclusion and recommendations -- 4.Health care and rehabilitatio...

Contents note continued: Attitudes of health professionals -- Assistance and support -- Informal care -- Formal care -- Personal assistants -- Family relationships -- Partners -- Parent and sibling relationships -- Adjustment to spinal cord injury -- Conclusion and recommendations -- 7.Spinal cord i...

Contents note continued: Spinal cord injury and participation in employment -- Addressing barriers to employment -- Vocational training and supported employment -- Overcoming misconceptions about spinal cord injury -- Ensuring workplace accommodations -- Self-employment -- Social protection -- Concl...

Contents note continued: 5.Support employment and self-employment -- 6.Promote appropriate research and data collection -- Next steps -- Conclusion.