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Books that our Staff Recommends on Stroke and Rehabilitation

The following books are recommended by our cardiac physicians, nurses, and other cardiac team members. The books cover a wide variety of topics including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

After Stoke: Enhancing Quality of Life
by Wallace Sife (Editor)

This book is a well-organized collection of essays from doctors, medical personnel, caregivers, and from the stoke patient, Dr. Wallace Sife. The book discusses the clinical perspectives of stroke, professional contributions (from nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists), and personal reflections, and healing dimensions, both medical and spiritual.

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My Stoke of Luck
by Kirk Douglas

In the six decades since he took to the stage and screen, Kirk Douglas has starred in eighty-three films and nine plays, written seven books, and made a remarkable commitment to humanitarian causes throughout the world. Now, in My Stroke of Luck, his vivid and very personal reflection upon his extraordinary life, Kirk Douglas finally completes his story by offering a candid and heartfelt memoir of where it all went right. Written in his own words, Douglas offers tender vignettes in tribute to the childhood that shaped him, the wife and devoted family who supported him, and the life-changing event that helped him to appreciate the gifts given to him over his eighty-three years.

Revealing for the first time not only the incredible physical and emotional toll of his debilitating stroke, but how it has changed his life for the better, Douglas offers the lessons that saved him and helped him to heal. Touching and funny, inspiring and uplifting, Kirk Douglas traces how his greatest setback became a source of strength and renewal -- leading him to find the eighth decade of his life the most fulfilling yet.

A frank and moving memoir of the stoke that felled the author at his peak of vigor and achievement. On the morning of July 29, 1995, Robert McCrum - 42 years old, just two weeks newly married, at the top of his profession as one of British publishing's most admired editors, in what he thought was the full bloom of health- awoke to find himself totally paralyzed on the left side, the victim of a stroke brought on by a massive cerebral hemorrhage. My Year Off is an eloquent story of hope, written with the sort of candor and detail that the author believes has been missing in the literature of strokes up to this time.

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The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders
by Dennis C. Tanner

A common sense discussion of stroke makes this an invaluable guide to survival for all family members and loved ones that have been affected by it and other communication disorders. This book clearly describes the "big three" stroke - related communication disorders: asphasia, apraxia, and dysarthrias. Through nontechnical terms, a short story, case studies, questions and answers, and examples, this book engages all readers on journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering.

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The Stroke Recovery Book: A guide for Patients and Families
by Kip Burkman, MD

In clear language, Dr. Burkman helps readers understand the various kinds of strokes and how they can affect body functioning, including thinking and emotions. He also lays out detailed information about rehabilitation. An excellent quick- reference book for those with pressing questions about stroke and stroke recovery. Topics include: how stokes occur and what happens to the brain, major types of stokes and their effects, cognitive changes, speech impairments, weakness in limbs, swallowing, recovery and rehabilitation, and stoke prevention.

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