1st Edition

Neurological Rehabilitation of Stroke

Edited By Nicholas A. Losseff Copyright 2004
    112 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Nick Losseff and his team of contributors provide the reader, whether consultant, trainee neurologist, or neurological rehabilitation nurse, with interdisciplinary perspectives on how to rehabilitate patients. Highlighting the special skills required for the effective rehabilitation of stroke patients, they take the reader from bedside to rehabilitation center to the patient's home. Emphasis is placed on the need for multidisciplinary approach among all workers and the patient and how to evaluate the outcomes. Neurological Rehabilitation of Stroke offers a simplified, multidisciplinary approach to the effective rehabilitation of stroke patients.

    The Potential for Recovery and Repair after a Stroke. An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Acute Stroke Rehabilitation. The Impact of the Disease: A Medical View. A Personal View. Evaluating the Outcome of Rehabilitative Interventions. Service Delivery and Models of Care.

    Biography

    Nicholas A. Losseff