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From Surviving to Thriving: The VA Team Listens and Cares

Shane McNamee, MD
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Above all else, the TBI doctors and therapists at the US Department of Veterans Affairs listen. They learn what makes each injured person — and his family — tick, so they can help put them back together and return them to a full life. "This is about getting to know the person and his family, his support team ... this is individualized care, it's not conveyor-belt care."

Posted on BrainLine November 23, 2011.

Excerpted from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Used with permission. www.va.gov.