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As to why no one had told me that the brain can repair itself, the answer may lie in the attitude of health-care professionals toward victims of TBI. Researchers have found that qualified doctors in particular are known to blame TBI victims for their injuries. One study found that “among qualified health-care professionals . . . negative attitudes exist towards survivors of brain injury which can lead to adverse behaviors towards the individual.”9 It’s a scary thought: you turn up in the emergency room after a bad knock to the head, and your treatment is compromised because the doctor who sees ...more
Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
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