Table of Contents: Preface
About the Contributors
Chapter 1. Epilepsy: Definition, Syndromes and Treatments, pp. 1-18
(Jordan Kamel and Mark Cook, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Chapter 2. Beliefs and Perceptions of Epilepsy in Different Cultures, pp. 19-31
(Jaya Pinikahana)
Chapter 3. Epilepsy, Stigma and Society, pp. 33-43
(Graham Scambler, Centre for Sociological Theory and Research on Health, University College, London)
Chapter 4. Who gets Treatment for Epilepsy? The political economy of the treatment gap, pp. 45-59
(Christine Walker)
Chapter 5. Epilepsy and Women, pp. 61-81
(Line Sveberg Roste, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, University of Oslo and Erik Tauboll, Division for Clinical Neuroscience, Rikshospitalet University Hospital)
Chapter 6. Injuries in Epilepsy, pp. 83-96
(Rita Nguyen, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan and Jose F. Tellez-Zenteno, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Chapter 7. Epilepsy, Driving and Law, pp. 97-107
(Roy G. Beran, University of New South Wales and Griffith University, Queensland)
Chapter 8. Epilepsy, Culture, Identity and Wellbeing:
A Study of the Social, Cultural and Environmental Context of Epilepsy in Cameroon, pp. 109-126
(Pascale Allotey, Race and Diversity in Health and Daniel Reidpath,
Professor of Public Health)
Chapter 9. Knowledge, Attitudes and Epilepsy, pp. 127-177
(John O. Elliott, Sheri Hart & Christine Charyton
Chapter 10. Employment and Epilepsy, pp. 179-199
(Ramon Edmundo D. Bautista, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida and Logan A Crews, Univ. of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, Florida)
Chapter 11. Epilepsy and Physical Exercise: How Much is too Much?, pp. 201-218
(Ricardo Mario Arida, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza and Esper Abrao
Cavalheiro, Universidade Federal de São Paul,Brazil)
Chapter 12. Economic and Psychosocial Burden of Epilepsy in Developing Countries, pp. 219-229
(Sanjeev V. Thomas, Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India)
Chapter 13. Epilepsy and Media, pp. 231-263
(Toba Schwaber Kerson, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A)
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