Stroke Rehabilitation: What is the point?

This is an article by Sarah Tyson from 1994.
senior lecturer in physiotherapy, Department of Health Studies, Brunel University College, Borough Road, Isleworth, Middlesex
She seems to have channeled Hipprocrates from 2400 years ago, 'It is impossible to cure a severe case of apoplexy and difficult to cure a mild one.'

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I am certainly not going to buy it for $31.50
Summary here:

Rehabilitation has been defined as the restoration of optimal physical, psychological, and emotional ability. The ineffectiveness of stroke rehabilitation in the light of these terms is highlighted, and the experience of people with stroke after discharge is described. Reasons for the apparent lack of true rehabilitation are suggested, and the dichotomy between health care professionals' and patients' goals and perceptions is discussed.

Key Words: Stroke rehabilitation; physical outcome; social activity; psychological outcome

This article is adapted from one presented at the Wessex Regional Postgraduate Continuing Medical Education Programme in Elderly Care, 1994.