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Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath

Science News, April 12, 2008

HEAD CASES: Stories of Brain Injury

and Its Aftermath

MICHAEL PAUL MASON

More than 5 million Americans live with permanent disability resulting from brain injury. More than 90,000 have an injury severe enough to require an extended stay in a brain injury rehabilitation center. But Mason--a case manager who focuses on helping people with brain injuries--doesn't deal with the numbers, he deals with the people. In this book of narratives, Mason tells the stories of brain injury survivors and their families, touching on the range of difficulties that accompany living with disability. Each case attempts to move the reader. Stories include a retired air traffic controller who thinks he is dead, a snowboarder who suffers seizures after a brutal fall and a young man who cannot cry. And each case raises serious questions: "What are we other than our brains? Is there a part of me that can't be changed by brain injury?" From the scene of the accident to long-term recovery, Mason explores how brains and people heal. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, 310 p., hardcover, $25.00.

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