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edited by Lisa Schoenbrodt, EdD, 482 pp, with 40 illus, $17.95, ISBN 0-933149-99-9, Bethesda, Md, Woodbine House, 2001.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:1392.

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The editor of this text has assembled a talented group of health, legal, and education professionals to describe the most common sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their treatment. The book is limited to nonpenetrating TBIs. The chapters intermingle facts with case histories and comments from parents and family members. The cases are well explicated, and the comments provide an appropriate grounding in reality for other families, physicians, and therapists. The authors include cases in which families do not always see eye to eye with the treatment team.

The first 2 chapters describe the pathophysiologic and medical consequences of TBI. Like most of the book, these chapters cover the entire spectrum of TBI rehabilitation, from hospitalization to the return to community activities such as sports and driving. Although the medical information is accurate and well illustrated, the language is a little sophisticated for most parents. However, the glossary at . . . [Full Text of this Article]