Insight into Acquired Brain Injury Factors for Feeling and Faring Better /

• Main Authors: Durham, Christine (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ramcharan, Paul (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medical research.; Public health.; Quality of life.; Quality of Life Research.; Public Health.

This book offers an empowering approach to working with people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) based upon the views and perspectives of people with ABI themselves. Drawing upon Christine Durham's own ABI experience and Paul Ramcharan's engagement in disability research over a quarter o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Acquired Brain Injury
• Chapter 2. Understanding the Assumptions of Major Models of Disability Theory
• Chapter 3. Body-Object knowledge and its Relevance
• Chapter 4. The Body-Subject Perspective of ABI. A Literature Review of Qualitative Studies
• Chapter 5.Reflection, Understanding and Insight from the Educational/Learning Perspective
• Chapter 6. Capturing Insights
• Chapter 7. Understanding What negatively affects the lifeworld of People with ABI
• Chapter 8. Factors that positively affect the Lifeworld of the Person with ABI: 'Keys' for Change
• Chapter 9. Illuminating 'Blind Spots' for the Health Service Providers
• Chapter 10. Parting Thoughts: Finding a Balance.