Stroke: Your Questions Answered - Softcover

Hankey MBBS MD FRCP(Edin) FRACP, Graeme J.

9780443071461: Stroke: Your Questions Answered

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443071462 ISBN 13: 9780443071461

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2002

Written in the popular question and answer format of the Your Questions Answered series, this resource provides all of the information primary care providers need to understand stroke and to deliver effective care to stroke patients and those at risk. The information is up to date, evidence-based, and appropriate for sharing with patients and families who wish to learn more about the nature of the disease and the various management options.

Answers the questions that are frequently asked by general physicians, neurologists in-training, medical students, stroke patients, caregivers, and the general population.

Addresses both commonplace and rarer issues.

Covers prevention of secondary stroke.

Discusses stroke in special populations (i.e. children, pregnant women).

Includes useful information on stroke services, patient support groups, and web sites.

Provides references for further reading.

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About the Author:

Graeme J. Hankey, MBBS, MD, FRCP(Edin), FRACP, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Review:

"Comprehensive and user-friendly...Written by an authority in stroke and clearly a credible source of information. Frequent references to evidence based principles also add to credibility. The question and answer format works well, allows reader to home in fairly easily on a particular issue of interest no matter how general or specific...an excellent publication." Dr Kathryn Ogden, On behalf of the National Stroke Foundation, Australia, April 2003
very useful read for those interested in stroke." Eoin Redahan, The Stroke Association UK, March 2003
practical and readable book which the primary care physician will find invaluable in dealing with stroke patients and their families." Dr JM Sager, Medix-UK website, July 2002

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