| The Apallic Syndrome Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Rothemund, E., Dalle Ore, G. (Editor), Gerstenbrand, F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642811531 ISBN-13: 9783642811531 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: German Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Medical | Pathology - Medical | Neurology |
| Dewey: 616.85 |
| Series: Monographien Aus Dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.00 lbs) 259 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The subject of the apallic syndrome is one which has long been familiar to me, although I have not personally studied it as deeply as I would have wished. I became acquainted with this syndrome long before the last war, when my neurosurgical colleague Hugh Cairns (1952), made his pioneer contribution under the term "akinetic mutism" . This was an ar- resting title, but it was one which did not altogether satisfy some of his colleagues, includ- ing myself. We found it difficult to suggest an alternative. That is one reason why I wel- come the expression "apallic syndrome" . Forensic practice has forced me from time to time to consider rather more deeply this distressing syndrome, and to try and marshal my ideas in a form which would satisfy my colleagues in the legal profession. More than once I have been instructed to make a medico- legal assessment of these unfortunate patients. The points which have concerned my lawyer friends have not been matters of diagnosis, or of morbid anatomy, or of etiology. The fac- tual problem which has been put before me was to make some approximate assessment as to the expectation of life. Vague guess-work is unacceptable in such circumstances. What the lawyers require is a precise and dogmatic answer. |