This section is based on a panel discussion held at the Society for Research in Rehabilitation in Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 9 July 1987. Members of the panel were asked to describe their own views as to the priorities they regarded as necessary for future research into the rehabilitation of severe head injury in children. The views expressed are those of a consultant and a clinical paediatrician, a professor of anatomy, a consultant neurologist and a clinical psychologist who is also a senior lecturer in rehabilitation.
The purpose of publishing this discussion is to encourage further research into the field of head injury.
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