title: Lifestyle changes of a family caring for a 25-year-old quadriplegic man after delayed spinal cord infarction.
abstract: Worldwide, 110-190 million people over the age of 15 years are estimated to live with severe disability-a physical state of being defined by the WHO as "the equivalent of disability inferred for conditions such as quadriplegia, severe depression, or blindness." Modes and qualities of disability care undoubtedly vary globally, dependent on income, health infrastructure and culture. Quadriplegia has a unique set of emotional and physical challenges that demand a great deal from care regimens and health systems. This case study examines a specific-and successful-configuration of quadriplegic care in a Druze village in the Golan and looks to the economic, geographic and sociocultural aspects of care.
authors.affiliation: Medical School for International Health, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Baila
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Litwak
authors.affiliation: Medical School for International Health, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobie
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ziv Hospital affiliated to the Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
authors.forename: Wajdi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Safadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000150:complications*