Reaching for Fulfilment as a Woman in Science: Further Stories of a Clinical Neuropsychologist

by Barbara A. Wilson

Overview

This vivid memoir presents adventures from the life of Barbara A. Wilson, an internationally honoured scientist who played an influential role in the development of neuropsychological rehabilitation at a time when the scientific field was dominated by men.

As a follow-up to the highly successful Story of a Clinical Neuropsychologist, this book includes a host of memories, both personal and professional, which focus on Barbara’s development of her career as a woman in science. From childhood recollections and travels in Africa, to lifetime achievement awards and the restrictions of global pandemics, Barbara tells the story of her full and varied life and her unparalleled career in neuropsychological rehabilitation. Her book indicates that one can lead a meaningful and full life even after one of the most awful of losses, the death of a child, and also emphasizes the need to stick to one’s principles in trying times.

The result is an unparalleled insight into the life of a clinical neuropsychologist, which can encourage the next generation of professionals who are trying to balance career, international travel and family, as well as inspire any girls interested in entering the world of science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367569563
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/27/2021
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Barbara A. Wilson has worked in brain injury rehabilitation for over 42 years. She founded the Oliver Zangwill Centre and the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. She has won many awards including an OBE for services to rehabilitation. She is a Fellow of The British Psychological Society, The Academy of Medical Sciences and The Academy of Social Sciences, and honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Sydney and the University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

List of figures vii

Acknowledgements ix

Preface Mick Wilson xi

Introduction xiii

1 Further childhood memories 1

2 Early marriage 8

3 Women in science 16

4 My first job as a qualified clinical psychologist 24

5 Work trips to Australia, Japan, Brazil and India 27

6 Jordan, my last trip with Sarah 37

7 Present time: Brexit and the coronavirus; and a look back to early marriage when we lived in Suffolk and Essex and neuropsychology was not even thought of 42

8 My first day at Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre 49

9 The disaster in the USA - 9/11 and memories of earlier times when we visited New York 57

10 Links with Chile 61

11 Travels in Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mali and Namibia 70

12 More on work trips to Greece, Italy and Spain 84

13 Other work trips to Cuba, New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa 93

14 Learning from patients 99

15 Brexit and Irish citizenship 110

16 Coping with bereavement twenty years on 115

17 Life today, lockdown, walks round Bury St Edmunds; Black lives matter 126

18 Current work and interests 131

19 The neuropsychological consequences of Covid-19 139

20 Final thoughts 144

Epilogue 153