Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury

Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 9780429894718
ISBN-13 : 0429894716
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Book Synopsis Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury by : Sheena McDonald

Download or read book Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury written by Sheena McDonald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebuilding Life after Brain Injury: Dreamtalk tells the survival story of Sheena McDonald, who in 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 book is 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.


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