Contradictions and conflicts in brain injury rehabilitation. A systematic inquiry into models of
rehabilitation
Engelsk titel: Contradictions and conflicts in brain injury rehabilitation. A systematic inquiry into models of
rehabilitation
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Författare:
Glintborg, Chalotte
;
Mateu, Nuri C
;
Högbro, Kjeld
Email: cgl@hum.aau.dk
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 38
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16113471
Sammanfattning
The approach of addressing biology as the sole process to recovery after a brain injury has
been criticized since the 1980s. Based on the bio-psycho-social model (BPSM), new national
guidelines stipulate that brain injury rehabilitation should be based on dynamic approaches and
interactive principles. Proceeding from a Systematic Inquiry into Models for Rehabilitation (SIMREB)
and Institutional Ethnography approach, we identify possible contradictions, barriers and conflicts
hampering the implementation of the BPSM with reference to basic discourse conflicts within the field
of acquired brain injury rehabilitation. We find four main barriers within practice that may hamper the
implementation of the new paradigm: institutional premises that sustain biological discourses,
difficulty of predicting recovery, lack of interdisciplinary collaboration and a general ignorance
regarding the life-world of people with ABI. The analysis is based on fieldwork in a Danish Neuro-
Rehabilitation Centre.