Stroke: An American Academy of Neurology Press Quality of Life Guide
Abstract
When health care providers communicate with patients and their families, we may use a different language than when we talk to our colleagues. We discuss the single case rather than an entire cohort. Our language must be simplified without being condescending. We try not to bother our patients with information they do not need nor scare them with information that is not relevant to their situation. How then might we write a book that is aimed at “both stroke survivors and individuals...