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Detecting Significant Brain Injury - Bill Braithwaite QC, Head of Exchange Chambers

13/03/13. I frequently worry that many people with significant brain injury slip through the net, and are not properly diagnosed. That may lead to many consequences, some of them disastrous. I know that many other professionals who specialise in severe brain injury share my concern. There are many ways in which we can do our best to encourage good diagnosis. I believe very strongly in specialisation, and I feel that barristers should...

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