Comprehensive Management of Swallowing Disorders

First published in hardback in 1999, this classic work on swallowing is reissued by Plural in paperback. It remains as relevant now as when first published, focusing particularly on giving a solid grounding in the anatomy and physiology of the normal swallow and covering the subject from a multitude of perspectives. In his new foreword, John C. Rosenbek, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida, describes it thus: "Comprehensive Management of Swallowing Disorders is as perfect a contribution to the field as can be imagined. It contains 55 chapters; authors are drawn from all the major professions presently involved in dysphagia, and each profession's perspective is clearly outlined. The field's entire content is represented: normal and abnormal swallowing; child and adult; oropharynx and esophagus; structural and functional etiologies; prognosis; evaluation and treatment; surgical, medical, and behavioral management; rehabilitation and compensation.