Roads to Recovery
Inspiring Stories from Survivors of Illness, Accident and Loss
Published on 1. July 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-86448-195-2 (ISBN)
Description
Why does one person recover from serious illness or accident when, in very similar circumstances, another does not? This is the question which led Pamela Traynor to the people whose inspirational stories are told in ROADS TO RECOVERY. Their accounts of terrible accidents, illness - cancer and schizophrenia - and loss through death or torture reveal amazing determination on their part, and the sustaining power of loving supporters. How does a quadriplegic at sixteen become a highly successful business executive by the age of forty? How does a plane-crash victim told 'you'll never walk again' go on to become a fully qualified pilot? What are the mental strengths needed to fight and conquer cancer? How can victims of torture and persecution rebuild their lives and their optimism about human nature? The eloquent stories told in ROADS TO RECOVERY answer some of these questions, and further insights come from the views of medical experts on what is still a mysterious and complex area. The result is a book which will both inspire and inform us all, and specifically those whose lives have been touched by illness, accident or loss. Pamela Traynor is an award-winni
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Person
Pamela Traynor grew up in Sydney, was an award-winning actor (in her former life), spent several years in London (as a casting director for ATV and the BBC), travelled and worked in Europe and America in the 1970s and returned to Australia to work as a documentary filmmaker. Her documentaries and telefeatures have been screened both in Australia and overseas. Until recently she worked as Executive Producer for ABC-TV where her documentaries included Without
Consent and Sylvania Waters. She has now returned to freelance producing and directing.
Consent and Sylvania Waters. She has now returned to freelance producing and directing.
Content
PART ONE - ACCIDENTMarg BagshawJanine ShepherdAllan ArnotAlex Blaszczynski, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, University of NSWPART TWO - ILLNESSKerry HarfieldBarbara AsgillChristina BrockStewart Dunn, Professor of Psychological Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of SydneyIan Hickie, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of NSWDirector, Academic Department of Psychiatry, St George HospitalSimon ChampRosemary LorzAlan Rosen, Director Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Adult Mental Health ServicesAssociate Professor and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Universities of Sydney and WollongongPART THREE - LOSSZalmai HaidaryMargaret Cunningham, Executive Director, Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma SurvivorsLynne Bon De VeireDianne McKissock, Director Bereavement Care Centre