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Over My Head: A Doctor?'s Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out
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Over My Head: A Doctor?'s Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out Paperback - 2000 - 2nd Edition

by Claudia L. Osborn


Summary

Locked inside a brain-injured head looking out at a challenging world is the premise of this extraordinary autobiography. Over My Head is an inspiring story of how one woman comes to terms with the loss of her identity and the courageous steps (and hilarious missteps) she takes while learning to rebuild her life. The author, a 45-year-old doctor and clinical professor of medicine, describes the aftermath of a brain injury eleven years ago which stripped her of her beloved profession. For years she was deprived of her intellectual companionship and the ability to handle the simplest undertakings like shopping for groceries or sorting the mail. Her progression from confusion, dysfunction, and alienation to a full, happy life is told with restraint, great style, and considerable humor.

From the publisher

Until her injury in July 1988, Claudia L. Osborn taught and practiced internal medicine in a busy inner-city Detroit hospital. A graduate of Vassar College and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, she is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at MSU, and makes her home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

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A blast of music from WABC-FM blew my eyes open.

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  • Title Over My Head: A Doctor?'s Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out
  • Author Claudia L. Osborn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date March 15, 2000
  • ISBN 9780740705984 / 0740705989
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 6 x 0.73 in (23.32 x 15.24 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Osborn, Claudia L, Brain damage - Patients - Michigan
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Until her injury in July 1988, Claudia L. Osborn taught and practiced internal medicine in a busy inner-city Detroit hospital. A graduate of Vassar College and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, she is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at MSU, and makes her home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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