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This leading-edge volume offers a new framework for
neuropsychological testing rooted in the current evidence base on
large-scale brain system interactions. Expert coverage brings
traditional discrete areas of cognitive functioning (e.g.,
attention, memory) in line with highly nuanced relationships
between cortical and subcortical processing. The new findings point
to more accurate and targeted testing, as authors expand on the
judicious addition of nonstandardized methods to core diagnostic
tools and the underused capacity of neuropsychological testing to
assess social behavior and personality. The book's emphasis on
cognition in context gives practitioners better understanding of
assessment and evaluation, leading to improved diagnosis,
treatment, and outcomes for individuals as well as significant
improvements in the field. This innovative reference: Reframes
cognitive functioning in light of current data on brain
interconnectivity. Critiques current methods of neuropsychological
test interpretation. Reviews known, useful interpretive
methodologies within a new context. Features instructive case
examples emphasizing accurate historical and test data. Revisits
the strengths and limitations of the bell curve construct. Examines
the interpretive significance of pathognomonic signs. Details
strategies for making neuropsychological evaluations more
clinically relevant. Large-Scale Brain Systems and
Neuropsychological Testing combines current findings, clinical
sense, and common sense to ground neuropsychologists, school
psychologists, child psychologists, and clinical social workers in
the effective assessment of real-world functioning.
This leading-edge volume offers a new framework for
neuropsychological testing rooted in the current evidence base on
large-scale brain system interactions. Expert coverage brings
traditional discrete areas of cognitive functioning (e.g.,
attention, memory) in line with highly nuanced relationships
between cortical and subcortical processing. The new findings point
to more accurate and targeted testing, as authors expand on the
judicious addition of nonstandardized methods to core diagnostic
tools and the underused capacity of neuropsychological testing to
assess social behavior and personality. The book's emphasis on
cognition in context gives practitioners better understanding of
assessment and evaluation, leading to improved diagnosis,
treatment, and outcomes for individuals as well as significant
improvements in the field. This innovative reference: Reframes
cognitive functioning in light of current data on brain
interconnectivity. Critiques current methods of neuropsychological
test interpretation. Reviews known, useful interpretive
methodologies within a new context. Features instructive case
examples emphasizing accurate historical and test data. Revisits
the strengths and limitations of the bell curve construct. Examines
the interpretive significance of pathognomonic signs. Details
strategies for making neuropsychological evaluations more
clinically relevant. Large-Scale Brain Systems and
Neuropsychological Testing combines current findings, clinical
sense, and common sense to ground neuropsychologists, school
psychologists, child psychologists, and clinical social workers in
the effective assessment of real-world functioning.
Research has indicated that the presence of a primary caregiver may
influence a patient's decision to receive hospice care, but how and
to what extent remains unclear. This study explores whether the
presence of a caregiver affects a patient's election of hospice
care. The analysis uses data from the 1993 National Mortality
Followback Survey to examine the probability of hospice user among
people ages 15 and older who died from non-traumatic causes in that
year. The key independent variable of interest was the presence of
a caregiver, defined as someone who provided unpaid help taking
care of the decedent or performing routine chores. Logistic
regression results indicate that the presence of caregivers is
strongly correlated with the decision to receive hospice care. The
odds of individuals with caregivers using hospice services are
between 2 and nearly 4 times as great as for those who need
caregivers but are unable to obtain one. Policies that focus on
hospice use must take into account the presence (or lack thereof)
and potential effects of caregivers on patients.
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