The Idea of Epilepsy - Simon Shorvon, UCL, UK
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Hear how societal, cultural, and medical attitudes and approaches to the epilepsies have evolved over the past 160 years, significant changes in research, diagnoses, and treatment methods, and how we need to remember to learn from the past! All from neurologist, emeritus prof. and writer of “The Idea of Epilepsy”; Simon Shorvon.
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Changes in the epilepsy sphere over time
The Idea Of Epilepsy - summary of the book
Candid reflections upon history
Hearing the patient voice
Learning from horrific mistakes
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Simon Shorvon is a Consultant Neurologist and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology. He qualified in medicine in 1973 and has practiced ever since, spending 43 years working in the NHS. His clinical work has been based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and his academic work at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, both co-located in Queen Square London.
He has an active medico-legal practice, specialising in epilepsy, other central nervous system disorders, and brain injury.
His academic research is in the field of epilepsy including work on epidemiology, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, magnetic resonance imaging, etiology, status epilepticus, and health service policy. He has also written extensively on the history of epilepsy and neurology.
His main interests outside medicine are in writing, and in bibliography, the focus of the latter being in the British fine presses from the 1890s to the present day. He is a keen bibliophile, and was appointed to the Honorary position of Harveian Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians between 2012-2016.
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Website: simonshorvon.uk
Book: The Idea Of Epilespy
UCL Iris: Profile
Twitter: SShorvon
Publications: ResearchGate
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