Social epileptology
Subtitle: understanding social aspects of epilepsy
By: [edited by] Jaya Pinikahana, Christine Walker.
Contributors: Pinikahana, Jaya.; Walker, Christine, Ph. D.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608762286
Subjects: Epilepsy -- Social aspects; Epilepsy; Attitude to Health; Culture; Socioeconomic Factors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epilepsy : definition, syndromes and treatments / Jordan Kamel and Mark Cook; title: Beliefs and perceptions of epilepsy in different cultures / Jaya Pinikahana; title: Epilepsy, stigma and society / Graham Scambler; title: Who gets treatment for epilepsy? : the political economy of the treatment gap / Christine Walker; title: Epilepsy and women / Line Sveberg Roste, and Erik Tauboll; title: Injuries in epilepsy / Rita Nguyen, and Jose F. Tellez-Zenteno; title: Epilepsy, driving and law / Roy G. Beran; title: Epilepsy, culture, identity, and wellbeing : a study of the social, cultural and environmental context of epilepsy in Cameroon / Pascale Allotey, and Daniel Reidpath; title: Knowledge, attitudes and epilepsy / John O. Elliott, Sheri Hart & Christine Charyton; title: Employment and epilepsy / Ramon Edmundo D. Bautista, and Logan A. Crews; title: Epilepsy and physical exercise : how much is too much? / Ricardo Mario Arida, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, and Esper Abrao; title: Economic and psychosocial burden of epilepsy in developing countries / Sanjeev V. Thomas; title: Epilepsy and media / Toba Schwaber Kerson.