David A. Nicholls - The End of Physiotherapy

David A. Nicholls

First published 2018
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Names: Nicholls, David (David A.), author.
Title: The end of physiotherapy/David Nicholls.
Other titles: Routledge advances in health and social policy.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2017. |
Series: Routledge advances in health and social policy
Identifi ers: LCCN 2017007963 | ISBN 9781138673557 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315561868 (ebook)
Subjects: | MESH: Physical Therapy Specialtyhistory | Physical Therapy
Specialtytrends | Physical Therapy Modalitieshistory | Physical Therapy
Modalitiestrends | Philosophy, Medical | Professional Role | Physical
Therapistspsychology
Classifi cation: LCC RM700 | NLM WB 460 | DDC 615.8/2dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017007963

ISBN: 978-1-138-67355-7 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-56186-8 (ebk)

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The End of Physiotherapy has been years in the making. For more years than I care to remember, I have been arguing for the profession to break out of its self-imposed shackles and reach its full potential. Along the way, I have been fortunate to have had the advice and support of countless colleagues and students who have shown admirable patience and kindness in sharing their thoughts and ideas, comments and supportive criticisms. I am particularly indebted here to Martin Chadwick, Erik Dombroski, Dave Holmes, Peter Larmer, Jo Fadyl, Filip Maric, Debbie Payne, Amlie Perron, Trudy Rudge, Todd and Caroline Stretton, Rachel Vickery and my friends and co-conspirators in the In Sickness and In Health community. Many thanks go to Richard Horwood, Gwyn Owen, Jenny Setchell and Kate Waterworth, who offered valuable comments, critique and suggestions on various parts of the book. And to my colleagues and friends in the Critical Physiotherapy Network, especially those on the CPN Executive, who prove every day that there is a growing and passionate community of practitioners looking for some new ways to think about our profession. Thanks go to the superb team at Routledge who have supported this book from the outset, especially Emily Briggs and Carolina Antunes. Most especially, I would like to acknowledge and thank Barbara Gibson, whose critique, inspirations, exemplary scholarship, friendship and influence is woven into every line of this book. And finally, to my family, who have walked every step of the way with me. To Sue, my constant companion and partner in everything, this book is ours. To my mother, Irene, and the memory of my father, Michael, and, of course, to Tom and Ali. You are precious beyond measure.