Abstract
In this article, I have tried to explain what rehabilitation means and what ought to precede it. First, to promote understanding, one imaginary stroke patient was presented and his possible problems from admission to an acute hospital to his reinstatement at his former place of work were discussed. Rehabilitation is considered to be the process of helping a person to reach the fullest physical, psychological, social, vocational, avocational, and educational potential consistent with his or her physiologic or anatomic impairment, environmental limitations, desires and life plans. These days, although it began as a discussion of the possibility of re-acquisition of losses due to advances in technology, the process of rehabilitation is fundamental and is required by every patient. As a patient care team, many specialities are involved and the knowledge of medicine is indispensable at all stages of rehabilitation. The difference between the medical model and disability model was explained. Particularly, the latter is useful for training in rehabilitation medicine. Because rehabilitation medicine and its philosophy is strongly related to humans as independent social-beings, it should be stressed that the knowledge and techniques of rehabilitation should be related and influential to the many clinical departments of Juntendo university that see these patients. Because of the limited period of admission, as long as 15 days on average, we can not accomplish the goal of independent living sometimes. In this situation, our hospital should collaborate with other related hospitals and different disciplines. “The continuum of service from Juntendo hospital to society” is one of our objects.
