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Talking about Aphasia: Living with Loss of Language after Stroke » (1st Edition)

Authors: Susie Parr, Sally Byng, Sue Gilpin, Chris Ireland
ISBN-13: 9780335199365, ISBN-10: 0335199364
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Open University Press
Date Published: November 1997
Edition: 1st Edition

Parr, Susie (City Univ London); Byng, Sally (City Univ London); Gilpin, Sue; Ireland, Chris

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Parr, Susie (City Univ London); Byng, Sally (City Univ London); Gilpin, Sue; Ireland, Chris

	Notes on the authors
	Foreword
	Preface
1	What is aphasia?	1
2	'Is frightened. Is frightened': the early experience of stroke and aphasia	9
3	'The thing is - what job?': work, leisure and aphasia	25
4	'Can I get a word in edgeways?': family friends and aphasia	44
5	'Lost in the undertow': health, social care and voluntary services for people with aphasia	63
6	'Everything seems a secret': information and aphasia	87
7	'Doing the inside work': the meaning of aphasia	101
8	'They cannot see it so how will they know?': aphasia and disability	117
9	'I'm fed up of saying I'm sorry': learning to live with aphasia	134
	Appendix: About the project	139
	Further reading	143