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Evaluation of memory rehabilitation: many questions and some answers

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Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Abstract

In clinical practice, as well as in scientific research, a therapist trying to evaluate the effectiveness of memory rehabilitation is confronted with many questions. In this chapter we will shortly discuss some of the most important issues (whom to treat, what to treat, how to treat and how to know if a treatment has been sensible) and for each topic describe the choices we made in our evaluation study on memory strategy training.

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  1. Ina J. Berg
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Leeds University, UK

    M. A. Chamberlain (Charterhouse Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine), V. Neumann (Consultant, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Medicine) & A. Tennant (Charterhouse Principal Research Fellow) (Charterhouse Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine),  (Consultant, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Medicine) &  (Charterhouse Principal Research Fellow)

  2. Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK

    V. Neumann (Consultant, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Medicine) (Consultant, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Medicine)

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Berg, I.J., Deelman, B.G., Koning-Haanstra, M. (1995). Evaluation of memory rehabilitation: many questions and some answers. In: Chamberlain, M.A., Neumann, V., Tennant, A. (eds) Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2871-9_10

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