Citation

Florian V, Katz S, Lahav V. Brain Inj. 1989; 3(3): 219-233.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2667675

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to review the dynamics and functioning of families with a severely head-injured member. In order to stress the unique problems faced by persons with brain damage and their families, a comparison with spinal cord-injured persons is presented. The review's major conclusion is that a head injury exposes the family to a complex of problems that are unique to this disability and, therefore, necessitates the delivery of special family support services focused on the family, rather than on the head-injured person.

Language: en