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Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings: A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches
Balchin, Ross
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Edition:
1st
Publisher:
Routledge Publishers
ISBN:
1-138-90340-X (113890340X)
ISBN-13:
978-1-138-90340-1 (9781138903401)
Binding:
Softcover
Copyright:
2018
Publish Date:
10/17
Weight:
1.27 Lbs.
Pages:
264
Subject Class:
PSY (Psychiatry and Psychology)
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Class Specifications
Discipline:
Nervous Sys
Subject Definition:
Brain Injuries-Diagnosis
NLM Class:
WL 354
LC Class:
RC387.5
Abstract:
Many of the world's population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury. Addressing Brain Injury in Under-Resourced Settings: A Practical Guide to Community-Centred Approaches tackles this unacceptable gap in service provision, by empowering the reader in the provision of basic care, education and support for patients with brain injuries and their families.Written for an audience who does not necessarily have any prior knowledge of the brain, neurorehabilitation, or brain injuries/pathologies, this practical guide first examines the global context of brain injury, considering the cross-cultural realities across communities worldwide. The book goes on to explore the reality of brain injury and how to work with its consequences, offering practical knowledge and advice in a user-friendly, richly illustrated format. It provides easily digestible information about the brain, including its normal functioning and the ways it can be damaged through injury and disease. The book also covers basic skills on how to identify neurological difficulties and provide basic rehabilitation input and support. The final section of the book gives guidance on how to provide services, including working with organizations and communities, volunteering, initiating and developing community-based projects and programmes, and caring for patients and their families from emergency to recovery to rehabilitation.It is an invaluable resource for community health workers (CHWs), voluntary sector workers and professional healthcare providers (including nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and other medical practitioners) who work with brain-injured patients around the world. It will also be important reading for policy developers, fund-raising organizations and those who work with global humanitarian initiatives.
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