The challenges of "walking free" from disability.
- Author:
Bundoc Josephine R.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Lower Extremity Amputation; Prosthetic Rehabilitation
- MeSH: Amputees; Disabled Persons; Hospitals, General; Orthopedic Procedures; Orthopedics; Philippines; Physical And Rehabilitation Medicine; Poverty; Prostheses And Implants; Walking
- From: Acta Medica Philippina 2010;44(2):13-16
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The functional independence of persons with disabilities will be achieved through provisions of affordable, appropriate and accessible prosthetic devices. The Physicians for Peace "Walking Free" Program, through the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Orthopedics, Philippine General Hospital, rose up to the six challenges of ensuring sustainable delivery of high technology, low cost prostheses to indigent Filipino amputees that not only provide community reintegration but economic empowerment as well.