| Description |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Life After Brain Injury; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Tim's story: A seemingly mild injury just waiting to be understood; 3 Natalie's story: The phoenix rising from the ashes; 4 Eliot's story: Rehabilitation through golf and family; 5 Kate's story: Recovery takes time, so don't give up; 6 Jose David's story: From medical student to medical anthropologist; 7 Tracey's story: Quality of life with locked-in syndrome; 8 James's story: Returning from the 'dark side' |
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9 Claire's story: A face is not a person10 Jason's story: Putting a spanner in the works; 11 Christine's story: One day I woke up and there I was!; 12 Adrian's story: Dealing with potholes on the road to recovery; 13 Lorraine's story: 'I just want to be able to look after the bairns'; 14 Mark's story: The 1,000-foot fall guy; 15 Vicky's story: 'Lifting the stone eggs from my heart'; 16 Robert's story: Understanding is key to invisible injuries; 17 Alex's story: Calming the drama and sticking with life; 18 Karen's story: Putting the pieces back together again; 19 Concluding remarks; References |
| Summary |
This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation. The paintings and stories of survivors combine with experts' discussions of the theory and practice of brain injury rehabilitation to illustrate the ups and downs that survivors encounter in their journey from pre-injury status to insult and post-injury rehabilitation. Wilson, Winegardner and Ashworth's focus on the survivors' perspective shows how rehabilitation is an interact |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Biography
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Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Case studies
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Rehabilitation counselors -- Case studies
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Therapist and patient -- Case studies
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients
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Rehabilitation counselors
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Therapist and patient
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winegardner, Jill
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Ashworth, Fiona
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| ISBN |
9781135941628 |
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1135941629 |
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