Epilepsy on Our Terms - Stories by Children With Seizures and Their Parents

Klappentext This enlightening book presents personal accounts of children with epilepsy and their parents. They vividly describe the experiences of handling the crisis of the first seizure, adjusting to their diagnosis, coping with seizures, managing medications and side effects, and dealing with clinicians, teachers, schoolmates, siblings and friends. Zusammenfassung This enlightening book presents personal accounts of children with epilepsy and their parents. They vividly describe the experiences of handling the crisis of the first seizure, adjusting to their diagnosis, coping with seizures, managing medications and side effects, and dealing with clinicians, teachers, schoolmates, siblings and friends. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Foreword Preface Contributing Authors Epilepsy and Seizures in Children Seizure Descriptions Guide for Teachers and Parents Appendix: The Winning Kids Program Glossary Index

Product details

• Authors: Georgia D. Montouris, Montouris Georgia D., John M. Pellock, Pellock John M., Steven C. Schachter, Steven C. (EDT)/ Montouris Schachter, Steven C. MD Schachter
• Assisted by: Steven C. Schachter (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2007
• EAN: 9780195330908
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533090-8
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Brainstorms; The Brainstorms Series; The Brainstorms Series; Brainstorm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, MEDICAL / Neurology, Popular medicine & health, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Popular medicine and health