title: Rehabilitation practice following profound brain damage.
abstract: The rehabilitation of the person with profound brain damage is a complex process requiring the skills of a true interdisciplinary team. The process is as much about the ability to: assess and diagnose; provide the optimal environment for recovery; prevent and treat secondary complications; support the family; and modify the environment as it is about a formal rehabilitation programme. Ideally these should be seamless but each contains many challenges, including the experience and skills of the observer, the ability to communicate with members of the family, and the ability to work within an interdisciplinary team.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Complex Neuro-Disability, Royal Hospital for Neuro-Rehabilitation, West Hill, Putney, London, SW15 3SW, UK. kandrews@rhn.org.uk
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D004777:Environment; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control