title: Surviving head injury: a social worker's account.
abstract: Recovery from a head injury calls on all the resources of the patient and unflagging skill and sensitivity from those attempting to help. In recounting his own experience, a social worker who suffered a head injury details the patient's sources of distress and suggests methods to help those who have been injured succeed in their struggle to reclaim life.
mesh_terms: D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work