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Author

Mason, Michael Paul, 1971-

Title Head cases : stories of brain injury and its aftermath / Michael Paul Mason.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction	617.481 Mas	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	310 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Mason gives a series of vivid glimpses into brain science, the last frontier of medicine, and explores fragility of the brain and the sense of self, life, and order that resides there.
Contents	The hermit of Hollywood Boulevard -- A prisoner of the present -- An insult to the brain -- Rob Rabe cannot cry -- Portrait of an injury -- The only thing that works -- The resurrection of Doug Bearden -- Ultraviolent Bryan -- Fugue of the pony soldier -- In all earnestness -- The hospital in the desert -- Wood of the suicides.
Source	ILDP 2/2009 PPL
	NBK 2/9 PPL
Subject	Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Case studies.
	Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies.
	Brain Injuries -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
	Health Services Accessibility -- United States.
	Long-Term Care -- United States.
ISBN	9780374134525
	0374134529