Locked-In Syndrome After Brain Damage: Living Within My Head

ISBN-13: 9781138700390 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 94 str.

Barbara Wilson; Paul Allen; Anita Rose

Opis

Combining scientific knowledge with personal narrative, this book tells the story of Paul Allen, who following a stroke has Locked-In Syndrome and is unable to move or speak due to paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles.

Spis treści

Foreword Steven Laureys 1. What Is Locked-In Syndrome? What Causes It? Who Is Most at Risk? Do People Recover from this Condition? 2. Accounts of People with LIS 3. Neuropsychological Assessments of Patients with LIS: How Normal Is Their Cognitive Functioning? 4. Is it Always Easy to Diagnose LIS? 5. Paul’s journey 6. An Interview with Liz, Paul’s Wife 7. Treatment at the Raphael Hospital 8. Interviews with Paul’s Friends 9. Paul’s Continuing Involvement with Music 10. Quality of Life for People with LIS, and Assessing Capacity 11. Ethical Issues in Locked-In Syndrome 12. Summary and Conclusions