Barbara Wilson, Paul Allen, Anita Rose

Gebundenes Buch

Locked-in Syndrome after Brain Damage

Living within my head

Beschreibung

Combining scientific knowledge with personal narrative, this book tells the story of Paul Allen, who following a stroke has Locked-In Syndrome and is unable to move or speak due to paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles.

Autor

Barbara A. Wilson is a clinical neuropsychologist who has worked in brain injury rehabilitation for 40 years. She edits the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. This is her 27th book. Paul Allen has lived with Locked-In Syndrome since 2012. Before his stroke he was a singer, photographer, computer programmer and project manager. Anita Rose is the Consultant Neuropsychologist and Director of Therapies at the Raphael Hospital, UK and also works as an independent consultant across the globe. She has researched and published extensively on brain injury, chronic neurological conditions and multiple sclerosis. Veronika Kubickova is a trainee clinical psychologist at the University of Oxford, UK. Previously having worked as an assistant psychologist in neuro-rehabilitation, she has helped people re-adjust to life after brain injury. After qualifying, she plans to work with refugee children who have experienced trauma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781138700390
• ISBN-10: 1138700398
• Artikelnr.: 53542034