[Is the right hemisphere really minor? Involvement in the repair of bodily injury].

An appraisal mission regarding the repair of physical injury is based on the classification of the effects of injury and scales. These scales are surprisingly incomplete concerning the symptoms due to a right hemisphere injury. However, these symptoms can cause an important handicap in numerous activities, social, affective and professional. This paper reviews the recent functional anatomic knowledge of the right hemisphere functions, visuo-spatial cognition, intentional process and social cognition. The impacts of this appraisal data, as well as suggestions for new scales, are outlined.