Epilepsy on Our Terms : Stories by Children with Seizures and Their Parents

By Steven C. Schachter

Book Overview

This is a collection of first-hand accounts of children with seizure disorders and their parents. In their own words, these children and parents describe the experiences of handling the crisis of the initial seizure, adjusting to the diagnosis of epilepsy, coping with seizures, managing medications and side effects, and dealing with health care providers, teachers, schoolmates, siblings, and friends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397518390
• ISBN13: 9780397518395
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"