Epilepsy on Our Terms: Stories by Children with Seizures and Their Parents - Brossura

Montouris, Georgia D.; Pellock, John M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0195330900 ISBN 13: 9780195330908

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2007

Riassunto

This enlightening book presents the firsthand personal accounts of children with seizure disorders and their parents. In their own words, they vividly describe the experiences of handling the crisis of the first seizure, adjusting to the diagnosis of epilepsy, coping with seizures, managing medications and side effects, and dealing with health care providers, teachers, schoolmates, siblings, and friends.

The accounts reveal the terror, uncertainty and frustration felt by children and parents after a diagnosis of epilepsy, and document the ongoing trials, tribulations and triumphs of coping with seizures, medication schedules and side effects, health care providers and hospitals, schoolmates, siblings, relatives and friends. These accounts provide realistic insights into the myriad issues encountered in living with childhood epilepsy. The book also includes a straightforward medical discussion of childhood seizures, written in layperson's terms; a glossary of medical terms; and a guide for schoolteachers and parents written by the Executive Director of the Epilepsy Association of Massachusetts. Appendices provide a directory of Epilepsy Foundation of America affiliates; a list of recommended books, publications and videotapes, and information about the Epilepsy Foundation of America's Winning Kids program.

ABOUT THE SERIES: With the Brainstorms series, one of the world's leading authorities on epilepsy, Dr Steven C. Schachter, has gathered together the personal testimonies of patients, family members, and caregivers to create a poignant and gripping series of books on this misunderstood and often devastating disorder.

Su questo libro

Contenuti

• Jamie Lyn Bauer: Foreword
• Warren Lammert: Foreword
• Preface
• Contributing Authors
• Epilepsy and Seizures in Children
• Seizure Descriptions
• Guide for Teachers and Parents
• Appendix: The Winning Kids Program
• Glossary
• Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0195330900
• ISBN 13: 9780195330908
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Redattore: Schachter Steven C.