When we were human: Brain injury in an age of electronic memory
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CPH7N6Y |
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| Number of Pages | : | 279 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He developed new expertise in political subjects he had no familiarity with before the accident. Even if he can recover lost memory, James cannot recover lost time.What is the ultimate course of diffuse axonal damage, where the person with the head injury appears quite high functioning but begins to deteriorate within a couple of weeks of the injury? This book covers a period of nearly six years or recovery and consolidation, beginning with ICU and Neurosurgery Unit.James never lost his remarkable social awareness and belief in human cooperation. Together with the author, an RN (psychiatry) and evolutionary sociologist, he tries to redevelop his skills and save the interactive political and environmental website he built and ran with her. I thought I understood:Who I wasWhat I did for a livingWhere I livedWho were my friendsWho were my trusted associatesNow, I am unabl
Deborah Turnbull said Powerful story. A powerful honest journey of the ripple effects of brain injury to the person themselves and those close to them.Provides so much information on how powerful and fragile at the same time that the human brain can be.Im learning things reading this personal account that I never knew about brain injuries and the long road ahead to some normality.