This is a comprehensive framework for the care needed by children and their famiies following a traumatic brain injury.
About the Author
Daune Macgregor and Abhaya Kulkarni are the authors of Head Injury in Childhood and Adolescence, published by Wiley.
Features
● A comprehensive framework for the care needed by children and their famiies following a traumatic brain injury ● Reviews the long-term cognitive and behavioural disabilities of both severe, mild traumatic head injuries ● Provides an overview of new treatments for children who have had traumatic brain injury, such as neuroprotective strategies, advanced treatment in neurointensive settings and new rehabilitation techniques ● Demonstrates that preventative measures - with the regulatory and legislative strength of governments – hold the key to reduction in the incidence of traumatic brain injury