Stroke and the Family : : A New Guide / / Joel Stein M.D.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Stein M.D., Joel,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: The Harvard University Press Family Health Guides
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

A young woman suffers a stroke; she rebuilds her career and personal life, but not before her marriage falls apart. An eighty-year-old man dies unexpectedly of stroke, leaving his grown sons to wonder whether they are genetically predisposed to stroke. A recently retired woman confronts her future with a husband suddenly disabled by stroke. How can she help her husband? Will he ever recover? How will she cope with her own emotional stress? In Stroke and the Family: A New Guide, Joel Stein shows the many faces of stroke and the people it strikes. To the family just beginning to cope with the aftermath of a stroke, the diagnostic tests, drug regimens, rehabilitation strategies, and varied prognoses can be completely bewildering. Because stroke can affect memory, speech, and movement, the impact on everyday routines and close relationships can be especially intense. Stein has produced a book that allows general readers and nonphysicians working with stroke survivors to make sense of the confusing variety of diagnoses and treatment options, and goes on to explore challenges the recovering stroke patient and the recovering family will face during a long recuperation with an uncertain outcome. Stroke and the Family offers up-to-date information and places the current research findings in context.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 What Is a Stroke? -- 2 Finding the Cause of a Stroke -- 3 Stroke Prevention -- 4 How the Brain Works -- 5 Medical Complications after Stroke -- 6 Recovery and Rehabilitation -- 7 Stroke in the Young and the Old -- 8 Impact on Marriage and Relationships -- 9 Impact on Children and Family -- 10 Return to Work and Leisure Activities -- 11 Weakness after Stroke -- 12 Loss of Sensation or Vision -- 13 Problems with Memory and Thinking -- 14 Emotional and Personality Changes -- 15 Communication Difficulties -- 16 Swallowing Difficulties -- 17 Pain and Muscle Spasms -- 18 Equipment and Home Environment -- 19 Nontraditional Treatments -- 20 Understanding Clinical Research -- Appendix: Resources and Information -- Index