A Sociological Approach to Acquired Brain Injury and Identity

ISBN-13: 9780367430962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 142 str.

Jonathan Harvey

Opis

This path-breaking book explores the (re)construction of identity after acquired brain injury (ABI).

Spis treści

Foreword  1. Introduction  2. A clinical introduction to acquired brain injury and rehabilitation  3. Mapping the terrain: Theorising my identity (re)construction after ABI  4. Researching the everyday complexities of the lives of ABI survivors  5. Dependence, independence and interdependence in the lives of ABI survivors  6. Exploring time in ABI rehabilitation: Towards a rehabilitation imagination?  7. Critical reflections  Index

O autorze

Jonathan Harvey is a brain injury survivor and a social scientist who specialises in neurological rehabilitation. Jonathan recently completed a Ph.D. at the Open University (2015), which was entitled ‘Navigating the complexities of acquired brain injury: Theorising everyday activities in identity (re)construction’.