![]() | Living with Brain Injury: Narrative, Community, and Womens Renegotiation of Identity Subjects: Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Psychological aspects; Women -- Physiology -- Social aspects; When Nancy was in her late twenties, she began having blinding headaches, tunnel vision, and dizziness, which led to the discovery of an abnormality on her brain stem. Complications during surgery caused serious brain damage, resulting in partial paralysis of the left side of her body and memory and cognitive problems. Although she was constantly evaluated by her doctors, Nancy's own questions and her distress got little attention in the hospital. Later, despite excellent job performance post-injury, her physical impairments were regarded as an embarrassment to the "perfect" and "beautiful" corporate image of her employer. Stewart J. Eric : J. Eric Stewart is a Clinical-Community Psychologist and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. |
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