{"product_id":"9789819576326","title":"Listening to Stroke Survivors Life After a Stroke","description":"\u003ch1\u003eListening to Stroke Survivors\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLife After a Stroke\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndy Alaszewski\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThis book explores the ways in which individuals experience a traumatic and life changing event: a stroke. It is based on interviews and diaries written by stroke survivors over the 18 months after their stroke. The book examines the differences in experiences and the ways in which these differences are shaped by factors such as preexisting illness, impact of stroke on the body, speed of recovery, interaction with health professionals and personal resilience and agency. In the UK alone, about 100,000 people have a stroke each year and there are around 1.3 million stroke survivors. There is a substantial workforce of health and social care workers providing acute care and longer term support for stroke survivors and their families. In policy-making, service provision and academic study, stroke survivors are often treated as a homogenous group who have undergone similar experiences with similar outcomes and therefore have similar needs. This book uses insights from social science theory to explore the diversity of experiences and the broad spectrum of outcomes, ranging from a biographical blip to life-changing suffering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"Body\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 266.7pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"\u003eAndy Alaszewski \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Health Studies at the University of Kent, UK. He is an applied social scientist with expertise in qualitative methods including diary and documentary research and on collective and individual responses to illness and misfortune, and risk and danger. He was Professor of Health Studies and Director of the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent from 2001 to 2010.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819576326\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e254\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46040606048396,"sku":"9789819576326","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819576326.jpg?v=1784813615","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789819576326","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}