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Needs and Challenges of Post-Acute Brain Injury Patients in Understanding Personal Recovery

Author(s) -

Yamini Karanam,

Andrew Miller,

Erin Brady

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

purdue university indianapolis (indiana university)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.1145/3132525.3134794

Subject(s) - process (computing) , acquired brain injury , personal injury , traumatic brain injury , psychology , medicine , computer science , rehabilitation , psychiatry , neuroscience , political science , law , operating system

Recovery from brain injury is a complex and longitudinal process consisting of clinical recovery, illness management, and personal recovery. Lack of initiatives to create awareness about expected recovery and tools for helping patients understand their progress make the personal recovery journey challenging and frustrating. In this paper, we discuss results from interviews with five post-acute brain injury patients about their needs and challenges in understanding their personal recovery.

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