A cross-cultural study on impaired self-awareness in Japanese patients with brain dysfunction

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-143

  Prigatano, George P ^a   Ogano, Misao ^b   Amakusa, Banri ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Nozomi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain dysfunction; Cerebrovascular accident; Japanese; Self awareness; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SELF CARE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030955758     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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