Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction

• Part I: Clinical Perspectives
• Pathophysiology of Stroke
• The Psychiatry of Stroke
• Focused Stroke Rehabilitation Programs: A Review of Prospective Controlled Trials
• Psychological Studies in Stroke Rehabilitation
• Stroke as Chronic Illness: Living to the Fullest
• How Common Is Depression Following Stroke?
• Stroke and Quality of Life: Intimacy and Sexuality Poststroke
• Part II: Professional Contributions
• Nursing Care of the Stroke Patient: The Essence of Healing
• Rehabilitation Nursing on a Stroke Unit
• Aphasia: Rehabilitation and Recovery from Loss
• Dysphagia: Swallowing Disorders Following a Stroke
• Management of the Communicatively Challenged Adult After Stroke: Partners in Rehabilitation
• The Speech/Language Pathologist: Bridging the Communication Gap
• The Role of Physical Therapy in Multidisciplinary Stroke Rehabilitation
• Occupational Therapy Intervention in the Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients
• Therapeutic Recreation and the Rehabilitation of the Stroke Patient
• The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
• The Role of the Social Worker on a Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
• Part III: Personal Reflections
• Stroke! This Isn't the Script I Was Writing!
• AHA! There Is a Reason
• The Words I Lost
• Aphasia, as Seen by an Aphasic
• The Language Loss of Patricia Neal and Helen Wulf
• Self-Portrait of an Aphasic (From a Personal and Professional Viewpoint)
• The Plight of the One-Armed Paperhanger
• The Perils of Travel, Following a Stroke
• Planning a Trip When the Traveler Has a Disability
• Part IV: Healing Dimensions
• The Interests and Activities of AARP in Quality of Life Issues and Stroke Patients and Their Families
• New Concept in Stroke Rehabilitation
• Conquering Community Barriers: Stroke Rehabilitation
• Surviving a Stroke: The Miracles of Science and Spirit
• Self-Empowerment in Healing
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Wallace Sift