That little matter of consciousness

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 17-19

  Farah, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ETHICS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 53949098544     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802412478     Document Type: Note

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