| Description |
xi, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Health reference series ; v. 23 |
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Health reference series ; v. 23.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Exploring the Brain -- Ch. 2. The Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States -- Ch. 3. Why Should Legislators Be Concerned about Traumatic Brain Injury? -- Ch. 4. Prevention of Pediatric Mortality from Trauma: Are Current Measures Adequate? -- Ch. 5. To the Parent of a Young Bike Rider -- Ch. 6. Motorcycle Helmet Laws -- Ch. 7. Advice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission -- Ch. 8. Head Injuries Require Quick, Skilled Care -- Ch. 9. Types and Consequences of Head Trauma -- Ch. 10. Fainting -- Ch. 11. Minor Head Trauma -- Ch. 12. Mild Head Injury: Care of the Child at Home -- Ch. 13. Head Trauma: Hearing Loss and Dizziness -- Ch. 14. Historic Studies Regarding the Incidence of Posttraumatic Epilepsy -- Ch. 15. Aphasia -- Ch. 16. Severity and Outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review of Methods of Measurement -- Ch. 17. Outcome after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Coma, the Vegetative State, and the Minimally Responsive State -- Ch. 18. Life After Brain Injury: Who Am I? -- Ch. 19. Background Information about the Rehabilitation of People with Traumatic Brain Injury -- Ch. 20. Selecting and Monitoring Head Injury Rehabilitation Services -- Ch. 21. Memory Rehabilitation -- Ch. 22. Depression, Antidepressants, and Traumatic Brain Injury -- Ch. 23. Pharmacologic Treatment of Acute Traumatic Brain Injury -- Ch. 24. Alcohol Abuse and Traumatic Brain Injury -- Ch. 25. Disruption of Sexuality Can Have Traumatic Effect -- Ch. 26. Community Integration of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury -- Ch. 27. The Injured and Healing Brain: Research Update -- Ch. 28. Brain Injury: A Guide for Families -- Ch. 29. A Family Guide to Evaluating Transitional Living Programs for Head Injured Adults -- Ch. 30. Hiring the Head Injured: What to Expect -- Ch. 31. What Private Insurance Coverages Apply to People with Traumatic Brain Injuries? |
| Subject |
Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Popular works.
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Brain damage -- Popular works.
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Brain Injuries.
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Craniocerebral Trauma.
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| Added Author |
Bellenir, Karen.
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| ISBN |
078080208X (acid-free paper) |
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9780780802087 (acid-free paper) |
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