Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury From the Inside Looking Out
- Mark Allen Young, Reviewer, MD
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Maryland Rehabilitation Center
The Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Joseph M. Powers, Reviewer, BA, RHY
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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pa
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by Claudia L. Osborn, 239 pp, $21.95, ISBN 0-8362-5419-8, Kansas City, Kan, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998.
Every hour of every day, people around the world fall victim to life altering accidents. On July 11, 1988, Claudia Osborn, a successful physician and respected medical school faculty member, became one of those statistics. Osborn's life took a dramatic shift after a bicycle accident left her with a severe head injury.
Over My Head is the powerful story of a warrior, battling her disability and motivated by a profound desire to beat the odds, restore her cognitive abilities, and ultimately return to practicing medicine. She was able to put her life back on track with the help of the physical medicine and rehabilitation team.
Osborn's gripping account begins first with her incessant denial of an impaired ability and the depression and frustration that follow when she attempts to return to her career and …
