A Dented Image: Journeys of Recovery from Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

by Alison Wertheimer

Book Overview

Every year, 8,500 people in the UK will have a subarachnoid haemorrhage, of whom about 50 per cent will survive this traumatic brain injury which often occurs without warning. Survivors can make a 'good' neurological recovery but the psychosocial impact can be longer lasting.

Drawing from her own experience of surviving a subarachnoid haemorrhage, together with other people's journeys of recovery and recent research findings, Alison Wertheimer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415386721
• ISBN13: 9780415386722
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"