PATIENTS WITH CEREBRO-VASCULAR ACCIDENTS IN BRITISH HOSPITALS: MAIN DIRECTIONS OF REHABILITATION
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2008, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Although medicine is developing very rapidly, Western countries still struggle with many diseases characteristic for modern societies. Strokes may cause more deaths than any other disorder. It is considered the third most common cause of death in Great Britain, after cancer and heart disease (LSRU, 2007). In the past 20 years, new technologies have been introduced for imaging the brain. All of these, such as computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or radioisotope scanning, can show the exact regions of the brain affected by stroke. They can also indicate whether the stroke was caused by blockage (ischaemia) or leakage (haemorrhage). Because this disease is becoming more common, it is important to know what may cause strokes, what kinds of strokes there are, how they can be treated, and what are the main directions of rehabilitation. The state of the problem in Great Britain, which has developed an advanced programme of medical treatment for stroke (Rehabilitation for maximum independence, 2007), will be discussed in the present study.
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Urszula Oszwa
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