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Brain injury survival kit
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Cheryle Sullivan |
Over 1.4 million people sustain a brain injury each year in the United States. Add to that the number of returning veterans with a brain injury and the numbers are staggering. The Brain Injury Surviv… |
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Phineas Gage
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John Fleischman,John Fleischman |
Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his b… |
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Les anneaux de Bicêtre
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Georges Simenon |
René Maugras, maître d'un empire de presse, se réveille à l'hôpital, hémiplégique, victime d'un accident cérébral lors d'un dîner d'affaires ... |
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Guitar boy
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Mary Jane Auch |
After his mother is severely injured in an accident and his father kicks him out of the house, thirteen-year-old Travis attempts to survive on his own until he meets a guitar maker and some musicians… |
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Somebody, please tell me who I am
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Harry Mazer |
Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his autistic brother. |
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Mad skills
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Walter Greatshell |
After Maddy Grant suffers brain damage in an accident, scientists at the Braintree Institute decide to use a new technology to repair the injury. But repairing Maddy's brain isn't the only thing they… |
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Healing suicidal veterans
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Montgomery, Victor III |
"There are 24.5 million military veterans in the United States; Seventeen of them each day will take their own lives. Homelessness. Alcohol and drug abuse. Unemployment. Domestic violence. Minds plag… |
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Vision rehabilitation
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Penelope S. Suter,Lisa H. Harvey |
"Providing all of the necessary information required to provide post-acute vision rehabilitative care following brain injury, this multidisciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice a… |
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More than sorrow
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Vicki Delany |
Hannah Manning was once an internationally renowned journalist and war correspondent; today she's a woman suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Unable to concentrate, full of pain, and haunted by … |
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The brain's way of healing
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Norman Doidge |
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge desc… |
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The lost and forgotten languages of Shanghai
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Ruiyan Xu |
A happy and successful businessman, dining in a Shanghai hotel, is badly injured by a gas explosion in the building. In the aftermath, the formerly bilingual Li Jin is only able to speak the falterin… |
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The perpetual now
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Michael D. Lemonick |
"In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual N… |
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Management of adults with traumatic brain injury
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David B. Arciniegas |
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a public health issue of worldwide proportions, affecting motorists, victims of interpersonal violence, athletes, military service members, and Veterans, among others.… |
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Coma
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Denyse Théberge-Rousselet |
Ce récit sur le combat d'un jeune ayant subi un traumatisme crânien sévère. Il décrit avec sensibilité le long processus de réadaptation. L'auteure, mère de ce jeune, décrit les séquelles et les impa… |
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Million plus one
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Hughes, David |
Doctors called him 'the amazing man', consultants called him 'one in a million' and many others called him 'a blooming miracle'! On 4 August 2005 David Hughes fell while pruning a tree, and a scaffol… |
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Traumatic brain injury
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Arthur Gillard |
Covers symptoms, causes and effects, treatments, cures and medical advances for traumatic brain injuries. |
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Brain Repair
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Donald G. Stein |
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The king of hearts' heart
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Sam Teague |
Aspiring to make the varsity track team, thirteen-year-old Harold neglects his brain-damaged friend Billy, until a crisis leads him to transfer his dreams of championship to Billy. |
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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
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Andrew J. Champion |
Around 10 million people in the UK suffer from a neurological disorder, one million of whom are disabled by their condition. Neurological disorders that can affect cognitive functioning include strok… |
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Traumatic brain injury
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Jennie Ponsford |
All practitioners working with traumatically brain-injured (TBI) individuals and their families will find this book an invaluable resource. Based on scientific evidence and extensive clinical experie… |
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