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Stroke and the Family: A New Guide.(Book Review)
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Families, Systems & Health
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September 22, 2005
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Stroke and the Family: A New Guide by Joel Stein Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA, 2004. 272 pp.
DOI: 10.1037//1091-7527.23.3.345
Stroke and the Family: A New Guide opens with the statement, "A stroke is actually a family illness" (p. 1). This statement sets the stage for Stein's book, with the family as the context for understanding the diagnosis and treatment of stroke victims. Citing stroke as the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, Stein notes that most people have a family member or an acquaintance who has experienced a stroke.
The author attempts to dispel some of the misperceptions about strokes by explaining, in lay terms, the ...