100 Questions & Answers About Stroke: A Lahey Clinic Guide: A Lahey Clinic Guide

by Kinan K Hreib

Overview

There are 750,000 strokes in the Unit ed States each year. Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient or a loved one of someone who has suffered from a stroke, this book offers help. The only text to provide both the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Stroke: A Lahey Clinic Guide provides authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions asked by patients and their loved ones. Written by an expert in the field, this clearly-written book is a complete guide to causes, treatments, and much more. Including actual patient commentary, 100 Questions & Answers About Stroke is an invaluable resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763750701
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	02/18/2008
Series:	100 Questions & Answers about
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	185
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Kinan K. Hreib, MD, PhD, is a senior neurologist at the Lahey Clinic. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in biology and psychology and then joined the MD-PhD program at Boston University, which he completed in 1991. He then trained in internal medicine at Boston University Medical Center and completed his Neurology residency at the Neurological Unit of Boston City Hospital. Dr. Hreib joined the Lahey Clinic in 1995 and became the director of vascular neurology. Dr. Hreib heads the quality improvement project for stroke at Lahey, and he is a member of several national committees on quality improvement. He has written several book chapters in neurology and published several peer reviewed articles on stroke. Over the years, Dr. Hreib has given many lectures on stroke and quality improvement, and he is also involved in clinical studies as well as novel research projects on stroke.

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2013
These questions and answers cover symptoms, types, causes, complications, and recovery and rehabilitation with information about confusing terminology and causes.

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