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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451124103321

Titolo

Brain injury medicine [[electronic resource] ] : principles and practice / / edited by Nathan D. Zasler, Douglas I. Katz, Ross D. Zafonte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Demos, c2007

ISBN

1-281-97478-1

9786611974787

1-934559-50-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZaslerNathan D. <1958->

KatzDouglas I

ZafonteRoss D

Disciplina

617.4/810443

Soggetti

Brain - Wounds and injuries - Patients - Rehabilitation

Brain - Wounds and injuries - Patients - Care

Continuum of care

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Foreword; Contributors; I. PERSPECTIVES ON REHABILITATIVE CARE AND RESEARCH; II. EPIDEMIOLOGY, PREVENTION, NEUROPATHOLOGY, AND NEURAL RECOVERY; III. NEUROIMAGING AND NEURODIAGNOSTIC TESTING; IV. PROGNOSIS AND OUTCOME; Color Plates; V. ACUTE CARE; VI. REHABILITATIVE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS; VII. NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS; VIII. NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS; IX. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES; X. COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS; XI. SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND SWALLOWING PROBLEMS; XII. MOTOR RECOVERY, FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY, AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

XIII. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTSXIV. PSYCHOSOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL ISSUES; XV. MEDICOLEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A 'go-to' reference for any clinician treating individuals with brain injury... The editors have assembled a single resource for physiatrists, neurologists, psychiatrists, therapists, nurses, psychologists, and other



medical specialists, as well as for legal professionals and patient advocates. A medical condition of this magnitude and scope requires the thoughtful and wide-ranging coverage this text provides. It will quickly become the authoritative desk reference sought by clinicians practicing brain injury medicine.