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Author_Margaret Cromarty
Author_Shoaib Siddiqui
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Brain Stem Stroke
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Chocolate Mousse
clinical neurology case study
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disability lived experience
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Eye Flashes
gastrostomy
Gastrostomy Tube
Head Injuries
Health Care Assistant
Heebie Jeebies
high
High Dependency Unit
Key Board
locked-in syndrome
Main Ward
multidisciplinary stroke care challenges
Neurological Rehabilitation Units
neurorehabilitation
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Paper Cup
patient communication barriers
Personal Assistants
Plaster Of Paris
Playing Things
Powered Wheelchair
qualitative health research
rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Centre
Serviceman's Wife
Serviceman’s Wife
Severe Stroke Patients
speech
stem
therapist
Tomato Ketchup
Tracheostomy Tube
tube
unit
Useless Body
Product details
- ISBN 9781846192951
- Weight: 216g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2008
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Margaret Cromarty was a nurse who suffered a catastrophic stroke aged just 43, which left her with Locked-In Syndrome. Still paralysed even now, with the aid of an on-screen keyboard she has written this unflinching account of her treatment. It describes the frustrations of being fully aware but ignored as a person by carers unable to communicate effectively, and the painfully slow steps towards rehabilitation.It contains vital lessons for health professionals caring for victims of stroke, and for families and friends of patients. 'I learned later that the doctors expected that I would die. They made a poor attempt at concealing this expectation. They discussed me over me. I was dismayed at the negative vibes they exuded each time they came to see me. I felt that they had written me off already. Of course they can have had little idea of how their behaviour affected me. I just lay there, seemingly unresponsive, just existing, unable to enlighten them as to what was going on inside my head.' - Margaret Cromarty.
Margaret Cromarty, Shoaib Siddiqui
