Reading Brain Injury: The Best Brain Injury Books Reviewed by Garry Prowe

Do you need to learn about brain injury? Are you overwhelmed by the multitude of books available? This blog reviews only the best ..

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Do you need to learn about brain injury? Are you overwhelmed by the multitude of books available? This blog reviews only the best brain injury books and it guides you to those that will help you the most. The books reviewed include: 1) personal narratives written by survivors of a brain injury, 2) personal narratives written by those who care for a brain injury survivor, 3) family guides written by healthcare professionals, 4) clinical texts written by brain injury researchers, and 5) novels that include a brain injury survivor as a major character. Garry Prowe, the author of Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, has been reading and writing about brain injury since his wife Jessica acquired a severe brain injury in 1997.
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In the Shadow of Memory

Published on 2011-04-15 08:25:42

What does a writer do when he acquires a brain injury? Naturally, he writes about it. The writing profession may be the one of the few areas in the competitive economy in which survivors of serious brain injuries—with their multitude of impairments—can be gainfully employed. To a publisher or an editor, it’s the quality of [...]

Professor Cromer Learns to Read: A Couple’s New Life after Brain Injury

Published on 2011-03-11 08:37:48

There are primarily two types of books written for survivors of a brain injury and their caregivers. The first are family guides that provide information and advice for recovering from and living with a brain injury. They can be a bit dry and clinical, sometimes a chore to read. The second are memoirs written by [...]

Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope, and Healing

Published on 2011-02-10 06:59:42

I studied public policy in graduate school and often scrutinize policies and programs from a cost-benefit perspective. What does this program cost? Who benefits from it? What impact will reducing or eliminating this program have on society? In this week’s deliberations and debate over the annual budget, I hope our representatives in the U.S. Congress [...]



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