Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1 Trauma, hospitalization, and rehabilitation
  • 1. Into the wilderness : trauma and hospitalization
  • 2. Lost and searching : rehabilitation
  • 3. Reading the map : adjustment
  • pt. 2. The challenges of readjustment
  • 4. Going home : old territory in a new light
  • 5. Focus on the family
  • 6. Lovers' lane : dating, coupling, and sexuality
  • 7. Life goes on : independent living
  • pt. 3. Successful living with spinal cord injury
  • 8. The next frontier : spinal cord injury research
  • 9. The journey continues : finding yourself
  • 10. Concluding thoughts.