A Study of the Amputee Experience of Viewing Self in the Mirror

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I have studied the experience of viewing self in the mirror for many populations (i.e. terminally ill, mastectomy, veterans with MST). When the Boston bombings happened, all I could think about was that all of people who had lost a leg or both legs would see their bodies in a mirror for the first time in a public place like a physical therapy department or in a lobby or elevator. Prior to this research, there were no interventions to help people with this highly emotional experience.

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