Vegetative and minimally conscious state(s) survey: Attitudes of clinical neuropsychologists and speech and language therapists

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1751-1756

  Wilson, F Colin ^a   Harpur, Jocelyn ^b   McConnell, Nigel ^c  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimally conscious state; Professional attitudes; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPEECH DISORDER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 39049118481     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280601118432     Document Type: Article

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