Epilepsy onscreen: getting it wrong
2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 370; Issue: 9585 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61174-x
ISSN1474-547X
Autores Tópico(s)Epilepsy research and treatment
ResumoCinematic and television portrayal of people with epilepsy has been blamed for the poor understanding of the condition found in a recent survey by Sallie Baxendale and Annette O'Toole at University College London, London, UK. 1 Baxendale S O'Toole A Epilepsy myths: alive and foaming in the 21st century. Epilepsy Behav. 2007; (accessed July 31, 2007).published online June 28 DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.04.019 Google Scholar The internet-based survey of over 4600 staff and students and their email contacts suggested that a high proportion of individuals do not know what happens during seizures, and would do potentially dangerous or unnecessary first-aid interventions.
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