... to both commissioners of services and service users with acquired brain injury. Design/methodology/approach – A model of action research informed by Coghlan and Brannicks’ (2010, p. 4) organisational centred model focused on context, quality of relationships, quality of the research process and its...

...Ryan do Rosario Aguiar Purpose The aim of the paper is to make a case to extend existing models of post brain injury aggression. The paper draws on the models of aggression from the general aggression literature and discusses how this is applicable to understanding aggression post brain injury...

... and the USA. Pro‐helmet positions are widespread and publicised internationally via the media. Headway, the national charity for head injuries, seeks to “initiate acts and campaigns which will reduce the incidence of brain injury” (Headway, 2012). The charity distributed an online petition in 2009 calling...

...Mark Holloway Purpose Brain injury rehabilitation is often complicated or confounded by difficulties with engaging the injured party with the services and input required. Lack of awareness of cognitive and executive impairments is often implicated in this difficulty. Any technique or approach...

...Stephen Weatherhead; Gavin Newby; Paul Skirrow Purpose The sequelae of acquired brain injury can lead to a complex array of risks. This research explores professionals' perspectives on those risks, focussing on how psycho‐social risks are assessed and managed. Design/methodology/approach...

...Lyndy‐Lee Green; Jo Dicks Purpose This article is based on a case study jointly presented by Lyndy‐Lee Green, Brain Injury Case Manager and Jo Dicks, Children's Social Worker, describing their experiences of joint working on a case of a young man who sustained a brain injury at birth. It aims...

... by reflecting on what practicing physicians, nurses, therapists, and social care workers might want to think about when considering the use of narratives with their clients. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Brain injury Neuro‐disability Narratives Encephalitis Medicine and patient...

... that individuals and their families face. Permission of those involved has been sought and given, although names have been changed to protect confidentiality.The paper highlights how the fact that brain injury can be a ‘hidden disability’ can mean that its effects on both survivor and carers may be understated...

...Ann Edworthy; Hannah Donne This paper explores the information available for carers of children with a brain injury. It is based on research for an MPhil degree and involved a questionnaire survey of 120 people followed up by structured interviews with 102 of these.The paper looks in‐depth...