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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zasler, Nathan D., 1958-

Katz, Douglas I.

Zafonte, Ross D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Wounds and injuries--Patients--Rehabilitation.

Brain.

Brain--Wounds and injuries--Patients--Care.

Continuum of care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-97478-1

9786611974787

1-934559-50-4

OCLC:

476084661