Burn patients often have severe disfigurement, dysfunction, and psychological disorder after discharge,which may last for a long time, even for a whole life. These problems may prevent patients from returning to normal life and re-entering society. Because of demographic and socioeconomic reasons, the number of burn patients in China is huge. The rising cure rate further increases the number of patients that need rehabilitation treatment. However, the level of burn rehabilitation in China is relatively low as compared with that in the developed countries. Along with the social and economical development, it is no longer satisfied to just save the life of patient. Improving the quality of wound healing, avoiding or decreasing disfigurement, dysfunction, and psychological disorder, and finally helping patients re-enter society is the ultimate goal of burntreatment.Modern concept of rehabilitation is to restore health or normal life for patients by medical, psychosocial, educational and occupational methods. A

作者：谢卫国

来源：中华烧伤杂志 2010 年 26卷 6期