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"After he was stabbed, Matthew Nagle, a former high school football star, made scientific history when neurosurgeons implanted a microelectrode in his brain. Using BrainGate technology, Matt could merely think about moving a computer cursor--and it moved. He controlled the lights, manipulated his prosthetic hand, turned the TV off and on, and played video games, all just by thinking. In The Man with the Bionic Brain, Dr. Jon Mukand, Matt's research physician and a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, weaves together the stories of Matt and other survivors of stroke, spinal injuries, and brain trauma; his relationship with them; and the technology that is working miracles. Advances in biomedicine are a matter of life and death for the patients, but they are often caught in the crossfire of cultural wars over the limits of science, from animal studies to the FDA, financing, and publication. In an era of wounded veterans and an aging population, The Man with the Bionic Brain provides inspiration and insight into the possibilities of technology and explores cutting-edge human research and the attendant ethical, political, social, and financial controversies. Ultimately, the book is about people with disabilities realizing their dreams of healing their damaged bodies and regaining any measure of control"--

Stories deal with doctors, patients, mental illness, disability, and AIDS, and include works by Joyce Carol Oates, Donald Barthelme, Jayne Anne Phillips, and T. Coraghessan Boyle

"As strategies for acute and long-term management of both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients continue to advance, HIV infection and AIDS are more and more coming to be regarded as chronic, treatable illnesses--and more and more patients with HIV are potential candidates for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation for patients with HIV disease methodically explores the impact of multiple-organ system involvement on the rehabilitation process and proposes comprehensive strategies for improving each patient's level of function and quality of life"--Back cover.

Personal History of Jon T Groneman Intended for family and friends who may know the author.