Michael Paul Mason
Forfatter af Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath
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- Fødselsdato
- 1971-05-29
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bopæl
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Organisationer
- Pen American Center
- Agent
- James Fitzgerald Agency
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Head Cases : stories of brain injury and its aftermath af Michael Paul Mason
Mr. Mason captures a glimpse into the world of disability by way of head injury in his book. The cases are no more than a dozen, but the author manages to give the reader a look at the wide ranging ways in which people are injured and the unpredictability of the outcome. I came away feeling both impressed with what can be survived, and depressed at how few the resources are for significant recovery. And awestruck at the mystery of the brain.
Light on science, long on condemnation of almost every medical professional and system except his own hospital. Rife with grammatical problems and incorrect usage. Head trauma is a serious and underserved phenomenon, but if I've seen heroic and sustained efforts on behalf of people with TBIs, so has Mason. Instead, read [b:Where is the Mango Princess?|129867|Where is the Mango Princess?|Cathy Crimmins|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171989736s/129867.jpg|1902351], which also indicts TBI health care, but with more specificity and better balance.… (mere)
The book contains many interesting and sad cases of brain injury, told not by a doctor, but by a brain injury case manager and advocate. The writing is a bit meandering and the stories are very depressing, of course. The cases do show some of the weird workings of the human brain.
The subject matter in this book is very interesting, and it was also a very informative book in terms of the lack of good services for the brain injured and their families. However, I am sorry to say that I didn't think the writing was very impressive. It seemed to wander a bit, and waver between trying to be informative and trying to ba a good story. The balance just wasn't right in my opinion.
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