Alex Jelly, Adel Helmy, Barbara A. Wilson

Gebundenes Buch

Life After a Rare Brain Tumour and Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome

Awake Behind Closed Eyes

Beschreibung

This book offers a personal insight into the experience of a survivor of brain injury. It tells the story of Alex, who developed a rare brain tumour which was successfully removed. She was left with supplementary motor area syndrome and associated problems including motor and speech impairments and a temporary psychosis.

Autor

Alex Jelly was a professional fundraiser for charities for many years in London and then a fundraising consultant for UK and international charities. In the summer of 2016 she started to feel odd and that led to the brain tumour, which has in turn led to this book. Barbara A. Wilson is a clinical neuropsychologist who has worked in brain injury rehabilitation for 42 years. She has won many awards for her work, including an OBE for services to rehabilitation and five lifetime achievement awards. Adel Helmy is a University Lecturer in the Division of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, and an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780367085407
• ISBN-10: 0367085402
• Artikelnr.: 58380443