Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
An injury to the brain can affect every aspect of a person's daily life. Healthcare and legal experts from Canada and the United States guide you through the process of rehabilitation and help you learn how to live with brain injury.
Synopsis
An injury to the brain can affect every aspect of a person's daily life, including physical abilities and psychological make-up, relationships and family roles, school and employment, recreation and leisure. At the hospital, you may hear a lot about brain injury but not realize the importance of what you've learned until you have to deal with the injured person at home. In this handy reference book, health-care and legal experts from Canada and the United States guide you through the process of rehabilitation and help you learn how to live with brain injury. The advice of these professionals is complemented by the stories of two people who have survived injuries and are adjusting to their new lives.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-179).
Table of Contents
What is a brain injury? /John Higenbottam --Survivor's view /Charles G. Ottewell --After the brain injury-- the rehabilitation team /John Higenbottam --Hospital-- and after /Rick Brown --Case management /John Simpson --Long-term adjustment following significant brain injury /Mary Pepping --'Rime' of the survivor /David Blanche --Psychosocial effects of brain injury /J. David Seaton --Children and adolescents with brain injury /Marilyn Unger --Couple issues after brain injury /Patrick Hirschi, Claudia Berwald, Rick Brown --Brain injury and the family system /Carroll O. David --Legal issues following brain injury /R. Brian Webster --Leisure and recreation /Anne Sulzberger, Charles Killingsworth --Family as caregiver /Sonia Acorn --Second look /Charles G. Ottewell.