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Author McDonald, Sheena, 1954- author

Title Rebuilding life after brain injury : dreamtalk / Sheena McDonald, Allan Little & Gail Robinson
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Series After brain injury: survivor stories
Contents What exactly happened? -- Was it that bad? traumatic brain injury -- Coma -- Trauma -- Who am i now? -- Back to work -- Life after near-death -- Plodding on -- Brave neurological world
Summary Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury: Dreamtalk tells the survival story of Sheena McDonald, whoin 1999 was hit by a police van and suffered a very severe brain injury. Sheena's story is told from her own, personal standpoint and also from two further unique and invaluable perspectives. Allan Little, a BBC journalist and now Sheena's husband, describes both the physical and mental impact of the injury on himself and on Sheena. Gail Robinson, Sheena's neuropsychological rehabilitation specialist, provides professional commentaries on Sheena's condition, assessment and recovery process. The word Dreamtalk, created by Allan to describe Sheena's once "hallucinogenic state", sets the tone for this book. It humanises and contextualises the impact of brain injury, providing support and encouragement for patients, professionals and families. It presents exclusive insights into each stage of recovery, spanning coma, altered consciousness, post-traumatic amnesia and rehabilitation; all showing how she has defied conventional clinical expectations and made an exceptional recovery. This bookis valuable reading to those who have suffered a brain injury and also to professionals such as neurologists, neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists working in the field
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject McDonald, Sheena, 1954-
Brain -- Wounds and injuries
Brain damage -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
Brain damage -- Patients.
Brain -- Wounds and injuries.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019000573
ISBN 9780429470769
0429470762