{"product_id":"9781434315366","title":"A BRAIN'S BATTLE AGAINST A STROKE: My recovery combines my memories of Dad's approach with Medicine Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stroke because it is the blocking of blood flow to tissues within the \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebrain can be life threatening , leave permanent damage, or require the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epatient to do daily battle with his own brain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe recovery of the stroke patient requires the specialist to treat , to understand and to involve the whole patient and not just the.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ephysical damage and the cause. . Today , medicine concentrates on the physical damage and the cause as determined by the technology and the corrective treatment within each specialty Specialists lack the time to make patients part of the curing .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy recovery from a stroke illustrates that the recovery was inadvertently\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eset back and impeded .The failure to recognize my lack of knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eabout my medical problem and to devote the time necessary to make me fully\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eunderstand the stroke damage left me feeling like medical garbage .Until a specialist took the time to explain the brain damage and its affect in language that I understood , I was my own worst enemy on the road to recovery \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn early period of medicine , fifty years ago , with more limited scientific knowledge , lacking technology and pharmaceuticals, had to focus on the whole\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epatient , to motivate their recuperative natural will to recover .They understood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe disease or injury but often knew the recovery was more dependent on the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epatient than the scientific advancements that did not exist. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is the clinical history of the author , a stroke victim. The book by \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003erecounting his experiences on the road to partial recovery adds a unique additional\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003einsight , the author’s knowledge of medicine practiced by his dad fifty years earlier. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127557112048,"sku":"9781434315366","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781434315366_p0.jpg?v=1763753965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781434315366","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}