Surviving Brain Damage After Assault: From Vegetative State to Meaningful Life (After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories) - Couverture souple

Wilson, Barbara A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138824585 ISBN 13 : 9781138824584

Editeur : Psychology Press, 2016

Synopsis

This inspirational book documents the story of Gary, who at the age of twenty eight was assaulted by a gang with baseball bats and a hammer, resulting in several skull fractures and severe brain damage. Through a combination of personal testimony and scientific commentary we learn about the devastating effects which can follow a serious assault to the head, and the long process of recovery over several years. The book will be of great value to all professionals working in rehabilitation, and to people who have sustained a brain injury and their families.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara A Wilson is a clinical neuropsychologist who has worked in brain injury rehabilitation for nearly 40 years. She has won many awards for her work including an OBE for services to rehabilitation and three lifetime achievement awards, one from the British Psychological Society, one from the International Neuropsychological Society and one from the National Academy of Neuropsychology. The Division of Neuropsychology has named a prize after her, "The Barbara A Wilson prize for distinguished contributions to neuropsychology." She is honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Sydney and the University of East Anglia.

Samira Kashinath Dhamapurkar is an Occupational Therapist. Her special interest is in working with people in low awareness states. She worked in India at the Masina Hospital on a psychiatric/drug addiction unit and in a special school for autistic children before coming to the United Kingdom. For the past four years she has worked in the area of neurorehabilitation In addition to her clinical work, she is also involved in research involving people with disorders of consciousness.

Anita Rose is a Consultant Neuropsychologist. She works at the Raphael Medical Centre in Tonbridge and also works as an independent Consultant Neuropsychologist across the globe. She provides significant input in the field of multiple sclerosis via her clinical work, research publications, booklets and consultancy to the MS groups in the UK. She is Vice Chair for the European Neuropsychology Special Interest Group in MS, and acts as a clinical advisor to the MS Society in South Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Psychology Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138824585
• ISBN 13: 9781138824584
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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