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Focus, 1 June 2004
A terrifically liberating book.
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"Illuminating reading; inspiring, too." Roy Herbert NewScientist "These interviews...have a documentary quality that makes them gripping." Druin Burch Times Literary Supplement
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A little under twenty years ago, I was a research fellow trying to use a neurophysiological technique, spinal cord stimulation, for the relief of chronic pain in those with spinal cord injury. Read the first page
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have just started studying medicine at university and came accross this book when looking for my core texts. Spinal cord injuries have always fascinated me and this book brings together a collection of stories from mainly people with tetraplegia who frankly discuss their lives and how disability has altered it. Some are really inspiring and others, distressing, you can really feel how difficult it must be to experience such a life changing event like an injury to the spinal cord. With approachable prose this book is great for anyone with an interest in this topic. It is really well written and I took a lot away with me after reading it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
as a recent parapalegic
26 May 2009
Format:Paperback
the observations were more clinical than personal but I still was able to gain some understanding about the things I am experiencing and that was my goal when I bought the book.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Eye-opening and thought provoking
7 Jan 2008
Format:Hardcover
I purchased this when I became friends with a man in a chair. I think it helped me understand better some of what he has had to deal with, and I hope it has made me a better friend to him.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Still Lives! How condescending!
7 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
Right off the mark - What a ridiculous and condescending title. I'm a quad and my life is not "still". Not when I'm going to work as a physician & not when I'm chasing around my two year old! People with weakness or paralysis are not "in chairs" - many need to USE wheelchairs to get around - just like someone without a spinal cord injury might use a bike to go a long distance.
Maybe we should leave the writing about people with spinal cord injuries to those who've had one - say, Christopher Reeves for example!
Maybe we should leave the writing about people with spinal cord injuries to those who've had one - say, Christopher Reeves for example!
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