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Author Wertheimer, Alison

Title A Dented Image : Journeys of Recovery from Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; Part I: SETTING THE SCENE; 1 BACKGROUND; 2 SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE: An introduction; 3 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE; 4 ASPECTS OF RECOVERY; Part II: RECOVERY; 5 LEAVING HOSPITAL; 6 LOOKING FOR HELP; 7 PHYSICAL AND SENSORY EFFECTS; 8 COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; 9 THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE; Part III: FAMILY, FRIENDS AND WORK; 10 FAMILY AND FRIENDS; 11 SOCIAL LIFE AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES; 12 EMPLOYMENT: Changes and alternatives; Part IV: MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL
13 FINDING WAYS THROUGH RECOVERY: WHAT HELPED14 CHANGED LIVES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B: USEFUL ORGANISATIONS; APPENDIX C: SUPPORT GROUPS; APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY OF TERMS; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary Drawing from the author's own experience of surviving a subarachnoid haemorrhage, together with other people's journeys and recent research findings, this book provides a toolkit for survivors, their families, and health professionals
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Subject Survivors
Medicine.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Patients -- Interviews
Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Psychological aspects
Medicine
medicines (material)
medicine (discipline)
Medicine
Genre/Form Interviews
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203086070
0203086074
1281457663
9781281457660