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T raumatic B rain I njury and the G oals of C are
Author(s) -
JENNINGS BRUCE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.2006.0026
Subject(s) - trial by ordeal , traumatic brain injury , rehabilitation , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , physical therapy , law , political science
The appropriate goal of care for a person with a traumatic brain injury is rehabilitation in the broad, etymological sense of the word. The task is to bring the person back to the conditions of the living of a life. This requires the rehabilitation of the mind—the reconstruction of a subject.