Head cases : stories of brain injury and its aftermath

Mason, Michael Paul, 1971-

Book 2008

Mason gives a series of vivid glimpses into brain science, the last frontier of medicine, and explores fragility of the brain and the sense of self, life, and order that resides there.

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ISBN:

9780374134525
0374134529

Edition:

First edition

Description:

310 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction
The hermit of Hollywood Boulevard
A prisoner of the present
An insult to the brain
Rob Rabe cannot cry
Portrait of an injury
The only thing that works
The resurrection of Doug Bearden
Ultraviolet Bryan
Fugue of the pony soldier
In all earnestness
The hospital in the desert
Wood of the suicides
Conclusion
Appendix: my breakfast with Marilyn
Notes and sources
Resources for the care and management of brain injuries
Acknowledgments
Index

LCCN:

2007032335

Control Number:

162364

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