Stroke and the family : a new guide /
Annotation A young woman suffers a stroke; she rebuilds her career and personal life, but not before her marriage falls apart. An eighty-year-old man dies unexpectedly of stroke, leaving his grown sons to wonder whether they are genetically predisposed to stroke. A recently retired woman confronts h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
©2004.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780674043978 0674043979 9780674015135 0674015134 9780674016675 067401667X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- What is a stroke?
- Finding the cause of a stroke
- Stroke prevention
- How the brain works
- Medical complications after a stroke
- Recovery and rehabilitation
- Stroke in the young and the old
- Impact on marriage and relationships
- Impact on children and family
- Reutrn to work and leisure activities
- Weakness after stroke
- Loss of sensation or vision
- Problems with memory and thinking
- Emotional and personality changes
- Communication difficulties
- Swallowing difficulties
- Pain and muscle spasms
- Equipment and home environment
- Nontraditional treatments
- Understanding clinical research.