Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury : Devastation, Hope, and Healing
by William J. Winslade; With a Foreword by James S. Brady-
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Summary
William J. Winslade is James Wade Rockwell Professor of Philosophy in Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, professor of preventive medicine and community health, and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Houston Health Law and Policy Institute.
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Table of Contents
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Introduction: It Can Happen to Anyone | p. 1 |
Our Vulnerable Brains | p. 15 |
Saving Lives: The Golden Hour | p. 30 |
Hope on the Horizon | p. 42 |
The Rough Road to Rehabilitation | p. 64 |
How Families Become Victims | p. 89 |
Facing Fatality--and Worse Fates | p. 106 |
Protecting the Most Vulnerable | p. 125 |
A Better Use of Resources | p. 141 |
Policies and Priorities | p. 154 |
Prevention: The Best Solution | p. 176 |
Bibliography | p. 205 |
Index | p. 217 |
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