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Head Injury in Childhood and Adolescence

ISBN: 978-1-898-68350-6

March 2007

272 pages

Description
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