Stroke and the Family
Subtitle: A New Guide (The Harvard University Press Family Health Guides)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: October 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780674015135
Subjects: Coping with illness; Popular medicine; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Family/Marriage; Health/Fitness; Health - General; Health Care Issues; Physical Impairments; Health & Fitness / Physical Impairments; Diseases - Heart; Cerebrovascular disease; Family relationships; Patients
Description: What is a stroke? -- Finding the cause of a stroke -- Stroke prevention -- How the brain works -- Medical complications after a stroke -- Recovery and rehabilitaion -- 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.