{"product_id":"second-lives-the-journey-of-brain-injury-survivors-and-their-healers-paperback","title":"Second Lives: The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph B. Lilly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDiane F. Kramer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoyce Stamp Lilly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA neurologist grapples with the aftermath of his traumatic brain injury, forever changing how he treats patients and their families, in this moving examination of recovery and healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRalph Lilly was a forty-four-year-old practicing neurologist sitting on his when a drunk driver rear-ended him on his motorcycle in 1980. In the ICU, after regaining consciousness and being told what happened, he asked, \"What's a hospital? What's a motorcycle?\" His accident and subsequent struggle toward recovery transformed his life and his approach to his neurology practice: doctors treat those with brain injury, but loved ones heal them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After his recovery, Lilly retrained in the emerging field of behavioral neurology, focusing on behavior, memory, cognition, and emotion after brain injury. His pioneering career spanned forty years from Brown University's Butler Psychiatric Hospital in Rhode Island to Nexus Health System and private practice in Houston, Texas. He treated ER and hospital inpatients and became a sought-after resource and expert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Completed after he died in 2021 by Diane F. Kramer with assistance from Lilly's wife, Joyce Stamp Lilly, \u003ci\u003eSecond Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir full of heart as much as science. It's an invaluable resource for the family and loved ones of patients with brain injury, as well as those who treat them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A neurologist for over half a century, \u003cb\u003eRalph B. Lilly, MD\u003c\/b\u003e, suffered a traumatic brain injury in 1980 that led him to study how brain injury affects behavior. He was a clinical assistant professor with Brown University and the University of Texas and a behavioral neurologist with the Neurobehavioral Institute in The Woodlands, Texas. He focused his life's work on treating brain-injury victims and counseling their families. Until his death in 2021, he lived in Washington, Texas, with his wife, Joyce, three dogs, six cats, and two horses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Kramer\u003c\/b\u003e retired from the counseling and psychology departments of Austin Community College in 2008 and began writing essays, family histories, and fiction. As a volunteer with the Brenham Animal Shelter, she wrote a weekly column on animal welfare for \u003ci\u003eThe Brenham Banner Press.\u003c\/i\u003e Her writing has also appeared in Alamo Bay Press anthologies and blogs Peace through Pie and Drash Pit. She currently writes website copy and press releases for Brenham Lifetime Learning and the Read of Washington County. She lives with her husband and their rescue dog and cat in rural Texas. \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51851263410464,"sku":"9798986407852","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/jAaDrlWz0W9798986407852.webp?v=1781475104","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/second-lives-the-journey-of-brain-injury-survivors-and-their-healers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}