Hemispatial neglect: approaches to rehabilitation

This series of articles for rehabilitation in practice aims to cover a knowledge element of the rehabilitation medicine curriculum. Nevertheless they are intended to be of interest to a multidisciplinary audience. The competency addressed in this article is 'The trainee consistently demonstrates a knowledge of the pathophysiology of various specific impairments including cognitive dysfunction including perception' and 'management approaches for specific impairments including cognitive dysfunction including perception'. The article focuses on hemispatial neglect as a common and difficult to manage problem in clinical practice.