Head Injury: The Facts

by Dorothy Gronwall, Peter Waddell, Philip Wrightson

Book Overview

Each day, throughout the world, hundreds of people suffer head injuries. These injuries can dramatically and tragically alter the victim's ability to cope with life. In many countries, after-care of the victim, once the injury is no longer life threatening, is often inadequate, and all too often families are left to manage as best as they can. This book is written for families who find themselves in this situation. The effects of injury are explained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192627139
• ISBN13: 9780192627131
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Dealing with both sides of Head Injuries

Having had a stroke and now helping friends dealing with various head injuries (cancer,stroke,etc) this book has helped all of them understand what is happening and makes coping with the victum easier. I keep a couple books on hand to send out as needed. It is informative, easily read, understood, and applicable.

Well-written and informative

This book has helped me to better understand situations that a relative is going through from a near-fatal car accident. The different 'stages' and possible recovery difficulties are described in detail in this book: it tells about different patients and how they came through their recovery; it also explains about how their personalities can be affected by brain injury. It is a clearly written and easy to follow book, especially considering the fact that it deals with such a serious subject.

learning about brain injury

This book is an excellent overview of the basic facts associated with brain injury. It clearly presents the nature of brain injury and the aftermath, both immediate and long term. It relates incidents of behavior and ways of coping with the difficulties during the recovery period. The description of the matter of expectations and a realistic approach to the condition of the brain injured is helpful in dealing with the stress of sometimes confusing, frustrating and sudden change in the injured person and the family.The kinds of related healthcare professionals and their functions are identified. The book is organized in a way that information is easily accessible; it contains useful and practical tips.Altogether this is a very helpful guide through what is often a frightening, confusing and unfamiliar process.

Informative must read for the Head Injured and Caregivers.

This book say it all in a most readable way. It could be handed to a recent head injured person who is still confused as a tool to help understand what is happening to them. It should be compulsory reading for every family member and care giver of the head injured . My family and friends have all read it and I must say it transformed their attitude and understanding as to what I was dealing with. It is written in simple but concise language you do not have to have a degree to understand. It uses real life examples which enables one to be able to associate with individual aspects of what is being relayed. Not only does it formulate the problems but gives concise direction as to available solutions and strategies that can be adopted by all parties. I know that this book has been a most valuable tool in my development after my head injury and feel it has great merit. A viable gift to anyone with a head injury or has a head injury in the family.