Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury

William J Winslade

Yale University Press, £10.50, pp 236

ISBN 0 300 07942 7

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There is a pressing need to effectively address the issues of prevention of traumatic brain injury and the rehabilitation and care of those affected. Despite the often tragic circumstances and nature of major head injury, the subject evokes little public or political interest and makes many people feel uneasy. The difficulty people have in relating to others with brain injury, as opposed to those with purely “physical” disablement, is well illustrated in this book by the story of press secretary James Brady, hit by a bullet intended for President Reagan. This is one of …