Right Hemisphere Stroke

Right Hemisphere Stroke

Author: Fred K. Johnson

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780814321720

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Fred Johnson's book is valuable, then, not only as a testament to the courage and determination of one man but for the lessons it provides for medical students and health care professionals.


Case Studies in Communication Disorders

Case Studies in Communication Disorders

Author: Louise Cummings

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-10-06

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1107154871

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This is a collection of 48 highly useful case studies of children and adults with communication disorders.


The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke

The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke

Author: Olivier Godefroy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-01-18

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1139461893

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The care of stroke patients has changed dramatically. As well as improvements in the emergency care of the condition, there have been marked advances in our understanding, management and rehabilitation of residual deficits. This book is about the care of stroke patients, focusing on behavioural and cognitive problems. It provides a comprehensive review of the field covering the diagnostic value of these conditions, in the acute and later phases, their requirements in terms of treatment and management and the likelihood and significance of long-term disability. This book will appeal to all clinicians involved in the care of stroke patients, as well as to neuropsychologists, other rehabilitation therapists and research scientists investigating the underlying neuroscience.


My Stroke of Insight

My Stroke of Insight

Author: Jill Bolte Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-05-12

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1101213973

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"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world."—ABC News The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost. It would take her eight years to fully recover. For Taylor, her stroke was a blessing and a revelation. It taught her that by "stepping to the right" of our left brains, we can uncover feelings of well-being that are often sidelined by "brain chatter." Reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah's online Soul Series, Taylor provides a valuable recovery guide for those touched by brain injury and an inspiring testimony that inner peace is accessible to anyone.


Acute Stroke Nursing

Acute Stroke Nursing

Author: Jane Williams

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1118699629

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Stroke is a medical emergency that requires immediate medical attention. With active and efficient nursing management in the initial hours after stroke onset and throughout subsequent care, effective recovery and rehabilitation is increased. Acute Stroke Nursing provides an evidence-based, practical text facilitating the provision of optimal stroke care during the primary prevention, acute and continuing care phases. This timely and comprehensive text is structured to follow the acute stroke pathway experienced by patients. It explores the causes, symptoms and effects of stroke, and provides guidance on issues such as nutrition, continence, positioning, mobility and carer support. The text also considers rehabilitation, discharge planning, palliative care and the role of the nurse within the multi-professional team. Acute Stroke Nursing is the definitive reference on acute stroke for all nurses and healthcare professionals wishing to extend their knowledge of stroke nursing. Evidence-based and practical in style, with case studies and practice examples throughout Edited and authored by recognised stroke nursing experts, clinicians and leaders in the field of nursing practice, research and education The first text to explore stroke management from UK and international perspectives, and with a nursing focus


Brain Repair After Stroke

Brain Repair After Stroke

Author: Steven C. Cramer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1139490656

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Increasing evidence identifies the possibility of restoring function to the damaged brain via exogenous therapies. One major target for these advances is stroke, where most patients can be left with significant disability. Treatments have the potential to improve the victim's quality of life significantly and reduce the time and expense of rehabilitation. Brain Repair After Stroke reviews the biology of spontaneous brain repair after stroke in animal models and in humans. Detailed chapters cover the many forms of therapy being explored to promote brain repair and consider clinical trial issues in this context. This book provides a summary of the neurobiology of innate and treatment-induced repair mechanisms after hypoxia and reviews the state of the art for human therapeutics in relation to promoting behavioral recovery after stroke. Essential reading for stroke physicians, neurologists, rehabilitation physicians and neuropsychologists.


The Right Hemisphere and Disorders of Cognition and Communication

The Right Hemisphere and Disorders of Cognition and Communication

Author: Margaret Lehman Blake

Publisher: Plural Publishing

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1635500397

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The Right Hemisphere and Disorders of Cognition and Communication: Theory and Clinical Practice provides a comprehensive review of right hemisphere cognitive and communication functions for practicing clinicians and graduate students. It also serves to broaden the understanding of right hemisphere disorders (RHD) within the field of speech-language pathology (SLP). The more clinicians and students understand, the more they'll be able to convey the need for SLP services for patients and clients with RHD, and the more they'll be able to provide effective services. Strokes on the right side of the brain occur nearly as often as those on the left and cognitive-communication disorders due to right hemisphere brain damage occur nearly as often as aphasia. Unfortunately, they receive much less attention. The deficits vary widely but can affect pragmatics, language production and comprehension, attention and executive function. This text covers normal right hemisphere processes as well as the communication disorders and deficits apparent after RHD. Evidence-based practice is comprehensively presented along with suggestions for developing treatment in the absence of evidence. Speech-language pathologists working with clients with neurogenic communication disorders will find current best practices for assessment and treatment.


Stroke Syndromes, 3ed

Stroke Syndromes, 3ed

Author: Louis R. Caplan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-07-12

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 1107018862

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A comprehensive survey of dysfunction due to stroke, this revised edition remains the definitive guide to stroke patterns and syndromes.