The Apallic Syndrome (English, German, Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Monographien Aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie, 14
Release date:	2012
First published:	1977
Associate editors:	E. Rothemund
Editors:	G. Dalle Ore • Franz Gerstenbrand • C.H. Lucking • G. Peters • U.H. Peters
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	274
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-81153-1
Languages:	English • German
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Gross pathology Promotions
LSN:	3-642-81153-1
Barcode:	9783642811531

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